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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Check Database Size with DBCC_pdw_showspaceused

by saldeloera-1

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There is a way to view the size of a particular PDW database using the DBCC_pdw_showspaceused command via the NEXUS...

2012-08-28

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Avoid ShuffleMove and PartitionMove Operations

by saldeloera-1

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There are a couple process hungry operations that can be avoided when developing or migrating T-SQL queries into Microsoft’s Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) environment. With proper planning and attention to...

2012-08-27

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Avoid ShuffleMove and PartitionMove Operations

by saldeloera-1

Useful information and case studies covering Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, and Business Intelligence

There are a couple process hungry operations that can be avoided when developing or migrating T-SQL queries into Microsoft’s Parallel Data...

2012-08-27

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Tip: Usage of SYSDATETIME() vs GETDATE()

by saldeloera-1

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Usage of GETDATE() dates back to the earliest versions of SQL server and has become the primary blade in our...

2012-07-21

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Basics: CREATE TABLE and CTAS Syntax

by saldeloera-1

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After forgetting the syntax for temp tables a couple of times, I decided to write a brief overview of the...

2012-07-12

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SQL SERVER - CTRL+SHIFT+] Shortcut to Select Code Between Two Parenthesis

by saldeloera-1

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Reblogged from Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave:
Every weekend brings creative ideas and accidents brings best unknown secrets in...

2012-07-12

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Dynamic Multi-Threaded SSIS using C#

by saldeloera-1

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Here is a snippet of code that will assist in the dynamic ‘spin-up’ of duplicate SSIS packages. To put it...

2012-07-09

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Lesson 1: – Basic Architecture Overview

by saldeloera-1

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I’ll begin my coverage of Microsoft’s Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) architecture / appliance with a brief overview of the Massively Parallel...

2012-07-09

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SSIS How-To: Reuse Existing Connection Manager to Execute SQL in Script Task

by saldeloera-1

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There’s a myriad of examples out there on how to execute a sql task via OLEDB connections and C# in a...

2012-04-09

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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

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Multiple Deployment Processes

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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases

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Upgrading Admin Queries

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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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