A DMV a Day – Day 20
The DMV for Day 20 is sys.dm_exec_cached_plans which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row for each query plan that...
2010-04-20
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Staying Current with SQL Server Builds
There was some conversation on Twitter about how to get notification when new Cumulative Updates are released for SQL Server...
2010-04-20
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A DMV a Day – Day 19
The DMV for Day 19 is sys.dm_os_wait_stats, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about all the waits encountered by...
2010-04-19
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Goggle PowerMeter Update
As I have mentioned before, I have a TED 5000 electric power monitor installed in my house that monitors and...
2010-04-19
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Spring Planting 2010
Spring fever is running hot here in Parker, Colorado, after a long winter. Last year, I put in a Square...
2010-04-19
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 9 (Build 4294)
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 9, which is Build 4294. I count 13 fixes in this...
2010-04-19
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A DMV a Day – Day 18
The DMV for Day 18 is sys.dm_clr_tasks, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row for all common language runtime...
2010-04-18
1,715 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 17
The DMV for Day 17 is sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats, which is described by BOL as:
Returns counts of different types of index operations...
2010-04-17
904 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 16
We have two DMVs for Day 16. The first one is sys.dm_exec_cached_plans, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row...
2010-04-16
664 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 15
The DMV for Day 15 is sys.dm_os_performance_counters, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row per performance counter maintained by...
2010-04-15
1,476 reads
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Question of the Day
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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