Call for Speakers and Registration for SQLSaturday #17 in Baton Rouge on August 1, 2009
Patrick Leblanc is the event lead for SQLSaturday #17 coming up soon on August 1st. Patrick emailed me just a...
2009-06-11
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Blog Posts
Planning for a Disaster
Early last week, my church suffered a lightning strike that did quite a bit of damage (relatively speaking) to computer and...
2009-06-11
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Tagged: The Desert Island Scenario
I was tagged by Scary DBA and recent MVP awardee Grant Fritchey with the latest viral question:
“So You’re On A...
2009-06-11
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Why You'll Want to Create Your Temp Tables Before Populating them
The point of this post is to cleary explain how the combination of the use of data definition language for your temporary...
2009-06-11
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Writing Technical Articles - Finding Ideas
This is part two of a series on writing a technical article. The advice might apply to non-technical articles, but...
2009-06-11
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First Thoughts on Windows 7
I am at times an early adopter of technology. I like newer, better tools, but they have to be something...
2009-06-10
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SQLSaturday #14 – Speaker Results
I got my results from Karla Remail on the SQLSaturday talk over the weekend. I was surprised since typically other...
2009-06-10
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What is wrong with people?
I hope this isn't real, but I suspect it is.
If this image disappears, I promise not to sue.
2009-06-10
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A Big Thinker?
I got quite the mention from Robert Cain over at ArcaneCode in a blog recently. He listed me as a...
2009-06-09
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One Database, One Server
As background, I've never been a fan of multiple instances. It's a useful thing to have available and I use...
2009-06-09
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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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Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
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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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