Learning about Multiple Tempdb Files
References and links to help you learn how to create multiple tempdb files.
2015-06-29
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Learning about the Cardinality Estimator
A few links to help you understand the Cardinality Estimator.
2015-06-29
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Learning SQL Server 2014
A list of technologies in SQL Server 2014 that you might want to learn more about.
2015-06-29
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Learning SQL Server 2012
A collection of technologies and links that will help you learn more about SQL Server 2012.
2015-06-25
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2015-06-23
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A Call for Questions
Our Question of the day is very popular, but we're looking for more complex questions
2014-09-08
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2014-08-21 (first published: 2014-08-19)
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Apology for today's article
We'd like to apologize to Gavin Draper who was plagiarized in an article published today.
2014-06-23
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Unwelcome posts on our forums
As you may have noticed, we have been suffering recently from increased spam posts on the forums. This is something we're currently working to resolve.
2014-06-20
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2014-05-27
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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