#SQLRelay 2013 R2 – Week 2
If you haven’t heard of SQL Relay and you live in the UK then shame on you. SQL Relay is...
2013-11-21
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Richard Douglas
The week that was: PASS #SQLRally EMEA 2013
I feel really bad that I’ve not been able to blog recently. My draft area is littered with half written...
2013-11-19
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Webcasts this week – wc 20131118
I’ve been a bit lapse in posting what I am up to recently. For example, I completely missed blogging about...
2013-11-19
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Which personal traits should a #SQLPASS Director have?
A lot has been said about what each candidate would like to do and their track record of delivering in...
2013-09-26
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PASS BoD Election Questions – Summit location
As you may have seen in my post yesterday “PASS Board of Directors Election: Candidates announced” I am running for...
2013-09-24
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PASS BoD Election Questions – Global Vs Local
As you may have seen in my post yesterday “PASS Board of Directors Election: Candidates announced” I am running for...
2013-09-24
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PASS Board of Directors Election: Candidates announced
Earlier this morning the official list of candidates running for the PASS Board of Directors was announced. I’m both delighted...
2013-09-23
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PASS Summit agenda now published and I’m speaking!
For those of you who may have been living under a rock for the last few years every year PASS...
2013-09-13
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1199 Data Professionals and you
The second incarnation of 2013 “SQL Relay” is bigger and better than ever. We have taken on board all of...
2013-09-12
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SQL Saturday Cambridge #228 September 27-28th September
Snazzy title eh, I bet you can’t guess what this post is about. That’s right, it’s all about Monty Python!
A...
2013-09-11
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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
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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