Jason Brimhall


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Seldom Used Indexes

On occasion you may ask yourself if there are any under used indexes in your database.  If not you, then possibly a manager or client.  Usually this comes up...

2012-03-20

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Another Interesting Sort

Some code requirements can be met through various means including the use of a different collation - which means a lot of testing.
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2012-03-19

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Agent Jobs Using SSIS

This is a short script to help the DBA with documentation purposes.  This would come in handy especially in those cases where you are consulting or you have taken...

2012-03-15

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What is a Favicon?

If I were to show you the tabs in the following pic without a description, would you recognize the websites to which they belong? I would dare say that...

2012-03-08

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March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates

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How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025

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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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