More About Twitter
I've mentioned before that I was on Twitter and I know that for some the question is still out on...
2009-01-12
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Blog Posts
Notes on the January 2009 ODUG Meeting
I decided to attend to see how the group was doing and learn a little more about Dot Net Nuke...
2009-01-11
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Goals for 2009
I don’t do resolutions - they’re cliché, overdone, and rarely stick. However, I’m a believer in setting goals and periodic progress...
2009-01-09
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MySQL GUI Tools
This came up on Twitter today. I have a search set for "SQL Server" and it pulled up someone who...
2009-01-09
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The Future Looks Old
I grew up watching the syndicated version of Star Trek every evening as a kid, 12-14 and dreamed of being...
2009-01-09
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Windows 7 Beta Delayed
Looks like the Windows 7 beta download has been delayed while Microsoft adds additional infrastructure support. A little disappointing but I...
2009-01-09
630 reads
Windows Server 2008 R2 Core supports SQL Server
First saw this because Jason Massietwittered about it. But apparently there are enough bits of the .NET Framework in R2...
2009-01-09
1,258 reads
AlphaSmart Neo
I ran across the AlphaSmart Neo in The Writer magazine. It's a $219 "laptop" that is for writing only, basically...
2009-01-08
669 reads
Batting 1000
Nobody bats 1.000, or one thousand. Not in baseball and not in any aspect of life. You might be able...
2009-01-08
625 reads
CS Techcast 57/Phone Interviews Are Hard
I've been meaning to do this for a year, finally caught up with Eric Johnson of Consortio Services to do...
2009-01-08
716 reads
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...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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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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