Where in the world are Jen and Sean?
Updated with more SQL Saturdays! Well hi there, folks. A month slips by so very fast. Here is your January...
2016-01-28
1,037 reads
Jen McCown
Fun with Operator Precedence
Let’s have some fun with operator precedence today. Specifically, logical operator precedence. Specifically, how is it evaluated when your where clause...
2016-01-06 (first published: 2015-12-31)
2,814 reads
Issues and opinions on the PASS anti-harassment policy (#sqlpass)
PASS just published an anti-harassment policy reminder, quickly followed by a blog by Wendy Pastrick (about a bad experience at last...
2015-11-25
945 reads
A Data Age proclamation
Twice in two days now, I’ve gotten in discussions with people about the state of data usage…the idea that we have...
2015-11-12
697 reads
Improved #MinionBackup and #MinionReindex – new versions!
We released Minion Backup 1.1 and Minion Reindex 1.2 this week! We’ve got a some great new features, and a number of bug fixes....
2015-10-23
667 reads
Attending PASS Summit? Take a great Tuesday precon!
We’re just two weeks away from the PASS Summit in Seattle, and there is most definitely still time to get...
2015-10-12
608 reads
You DO have outstanding, free backup and maintenance, right?
It’s entirely possible that you’ve heard us talk about our supercharged, free backup and index maintenance solutions on Twitter, or on...
2015-10-07
663 reads
Today at 12pm Central: #MinionEnterprise Talk – Backup Management!
Register here. In our monthly series about Minion Enterprise – the new SQL Server management solution – Sean and Jen will show you how...
2015-10-06
641 reads
PASS Summit 2015: Recommendations and Invitations (#sqlpass #Summit15)
The last week of October, we’ll be at the PASS Summit in Seattle, WA. As some of you already know – and as I...
2015-09-28 (first published: 2015-09-09)
1,262 reads
SQL Saturday San Diego tomorrow! (September 18)
This weekend we’re going to hit SQL Saturday San Diego for the first time ever! We are the excited. Come and...
2015-09-18
809 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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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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