SSWUG Ultimate Virtual Conference October 20-22, 2010
I will be presenting four sessions for the SSWUG Ultimate Virtual Conference that will be held online October 20-22, 2010....
2010-08-02
789 reads
Glenn Berry
SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville
I just found out today that I will be one of the speakers at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville, Tennessee...
2010-07-27
861 reads
New Laptop Time
I’ve been looking for a new “thin and light” laptop to use for teaching, and for presentations and demonstrations at...
2010-07-26
820 reads
Project Houston For SQL Azure
Microsoft has released CTP1 of Project Houston for SQL Azure. Project Houston is a Silverlight web based database management tool...
2010-07-22
658 reads
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 9
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 9 (CU9). The KB Article for the CU is located here....
2010-07-21
893 reads
Pitching in for a Good Cause!
Fellow SQL Server MVP Arnie Rowland (blog | twitter) has done a great job organizing an interesting effort to help unemployed...
2010-07-17
591 reads
Speaking at SQL Server Connections in Las Vegas, November 1-4, 2010
Today, I received the official word that I will be presenting two sessions in the SQLServerCentral.com track at the SQL...
2010-07-14
882 reads
SQL Server DMV Starter Pack E-Book Published
Red Gate Books has published a new e-book called “SQL Server DMV Starter Pack”, which you can download for free...
2010-07-12
2,075 reads
Speaking at 2010 PASS Summit in Seattle
I just found out yesterday that I had one of my General sessions approved for the 2010 PASS Summit in...
2010-07-09
552 reads
Comparing the Performance of Different String Data Types in SQL Server 2008 R2
I thought I would try to do a few quick tests to compare the performance of assigning values and comparing...
2010-07-08
1,341 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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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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