SSMS and scripting
I've heard a lot of complaints about SQL Server Management Studio concerning slowness and some of the things, like scripting...
2006-11-28
1,368 reads
Kathi Kellenberger
- Interests: Walking, running, grandchildren!
Default schema
Sadly, I haven't had much experience yet with SQL Server 2005 except for Reporting Services and SSIS. The majority of...
2006-11-27
1,401 reads
Back from PASS
While at PASS, I created a thread in the forums: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=61&messageid=322277 . It was an incredible week. I look forward to...
2006-11-20
1,310 reads
PASS
My daughter-in-law just reminded me on Sunday that her birthday was in 21 days. Yikes! That's the day I fly...
2006-10-26
1,314 reads
Writing Simple Select Statements - Part 3
In this video, Kathi continues her T-SQL series and exands how to use the WHERE clause.
2006-10-26
3,469 reads
Writing Simple Select Statements - Part 2
In this second part video from Kathi, she covers how to write T-SQL in much more indepth. She covers how to handle NULLs and many more items in this video.
2006-10-12
2,787 reads
Writing Simple Select Statements
In this video, you'll learn how to write basic select statements. This beginner video takes you from the ground up writing T-SQL.
2006-10-04
3,402 reads
Jumpstart TV Video
If you are new to SQL Server, you might be interested in viewing a video that covers the terms you use...
2006-09-11
1,583 reads
RegCreateKeyEX() error
I just began migrating SQL Servers (2000) to Windows 2003 from Windows 2000 a few months ago. In the past, I...
2006-03-27
2,934 reads
PASS 2006 Call for Presentations
For those of you who are interested in speaking at PASS in November, the submission site is open: http://passew.prod.web.sba.com/callpapers/CallPapers.cfm?conference_id=15 .
I encourage...
2006-02-09
1,304 reads
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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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