A DMV a Day – Day 8

We have two related DMVs for Day 8. The first one is sys.dm_fts_active_catalogs, which is described by BOL as:
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A Good Expansion on the Topic of Plagiarism

In a previous post I gave some links which help explain what plagiarism is and how to generally avoid it....

Data-Driven Subscriptions at OPASS

Six months ago, I spoke at a SQLSaturday in Orlando, Florida. I had a great time. Andy Warren (Blog | Twitter),...

Early Planning for SQLSaturday Orlando 2010

I did an hour or so call with Jack Corbett recently to review what we hope to accomplish this year....

Q1 - review

I didn’t post my professional goals for the year on my blog at the start of this year, my blog...

Spring Training 2010

Life was busier than I would have liked this year, but made it to one game, Braves vs Tigers, for...

SQL University Starting Back Up

Jorge Segarra's ( @SQLChicken) excellent community idea, SQL University, is starting back up next week. This is effectively free training on...

What Do I Need to Do After Moving a Database to SQL 2005/2008?

Introduction
I recently moved a database from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005. It was really just a matter of detaching the...

2010 Goals – First Quarter Review

Overall, not too bad for the first quarter, but definitely some areas I need to pick up the slack on.

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A DMV a Day – Day 7

I have three different DMVs for Day 7. The first one is sys.dm_db_missing_index_group_stats, which is described by BOL as:
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