Discount Code For SSWUG Ultimate Virtual Conference
If you are interested in watching some high quality SQL Server content from the comfort and convenience of your own...
2010-09-03
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Glenn Berry
How Old Are Your Database Statistics?
Unlike fine wine, database statistics do not improve with age. I recently helped out with a client who was having...
2010-08-30
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Hardware Performance Research
I am trying to gather some information about some of the newer Intel and AMD processors as part of my...
2010-08-30
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Queries from SQL Saturday #51 Nashville
Here are the diagnostic queries that I ran during my presentation at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville on August 21,...
2010-08-24
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DMV Emergency Queries From SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville
I wanted to post the first T-SQL script from my DMV Emergency Room presentation on August 21 in Nashville. This...
2010-08-23
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Estimating Data Compression Savings in SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Since I finished upgrading the last of my Production environment to SQL Server 2008 R2 running on Windows Server 2008...
2010-08-23
3,112 reads
Fall Speaking Schedule
I just got back from speaking at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville, which was a lot of fun. I’ll write...
2010-08-23
803 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM, which is Build 10.50.1734. I count 29 fixes...
2010-08-17
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 11 (CU11) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 11 for SQL Server 2005 SP3, which is Build 9.0.4309. There are only four fixes...
2010-08-17
827 reads
Proper Usage of MAXDOP Setting When Compressing Indexes in SQL Server 2008/2008 R2
I am a pretty big fan of SQL Server Data Compression, especially the enhanced version found in SQL Server 2008...
2010-08-17
2,315 reads
Blogs
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...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
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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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