Using IIF in Reporting Services
I found an interesting use for the IIF function in a Reporting Services report this week. I needed to provide...
2007-03-10
1,714 reads
Kathi Kellenberger
- Interests: Walking, running, grandchildren!
SQL Server Learning Opportunities!
There are two big SQL Server learning opportunities I want to remind you about. First, DevTeach/SQLTeach will be held in...
2007-03-09
1,799 reads
Technology: Where have all the women gone?
Longtime author Kathi Kellenberger brings us a guest editorial today on what is happening with women in the technology world.
2007-02-12
153 reads
Phone books and Indexes
On Wednesday I gave a presentation to the St. Louis Visual Basic.Net user group. I really enjoy speaking to this...
2006-12-22
1,392 reads
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER
We recently received a script for a modified stored proc from a vendor. My colleague ran the script on the...
2006-12-15
2,564 reads
The Moto Q and Being Proactive
I am a big fan of automating whatever I can and being proactive. The more proactive you can be, the...
2006-12-14
1,508 reads
Joining Tables Part 1
In this video for beginners you'll begin to learn how to write queries that use more than one table using T-SQL. Kathi walks you through common tactics to efficiently pull out data from a normalized system.
2006-12-11
972 reads
Inserting missing rows
I can think of three ways to insert just the missing rows from one table or query into another table. ...
2006-12-06
2,993 reads
Bad weather and Power Outage
After years of mild weather in the St. Louis area, this is the second time we have been hit hard...
2006-12-02
1,332 reads
Data Dude
I went to an abbreviated version of the Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals launch this morning. The...
2006-11-30
1,581 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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