SQL PASS Summit 2009 – Day 3
The day started off with the Quest Software breakfast presentation, to which I arrived late to find a standing-room-only crowd. ...
2009-11-04
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Here is the script that I used in my Dr. DMV presentation this afternoon at PASS. It is a set...
2009-11-04
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Tuesday at the PASS Community Summit
Today was the first official day of the full (3-day) conference, with about 2,200 full conference attendees. Officially, PASS claims...
2009-11-04
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What Do You Do When Your Employer Doesn’t Want to Support Your DBA Career?
At the 2009 PASS Community Summit, I have gotten the opportunity to talk to many DBAs, and to find out...
2009-11-04
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Women in Technology Luncheon
I've never attended this in the past, but I've wanted to. As the father of young girl I want to...
2009-11-04
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Basic iFTS Monitoring Queries
This is one of the scripts that I will be using for my presentation “Tips and Tricks for Using SQL...
2009-11-03
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Check out Straight to 8 Program
We seem to be busting at the seams lately with quality content from great providers. I wanted to recommend to...
2009-11-03
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Date Expressions in SSIS
There are many different ways to manipulate dates when working with them in SSIS. Many great examples have been posted...
2009-11-03
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Day 1 – PASS Summit 2009
Up early again, started my day at the Convention Center for breakfast. Light breakfast, drinking water, never seem to drink...
2009-11-03
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Day Zero of PASS (Pre-conference seminar with Kim Tripp)
This week, I’m blogging and tweeting from the PASS Community Summit in Seattle, Washington. The week of the Summit is...
2009-11-03
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Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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...
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Question of the Day
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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