SQL Server events in the UK September 2013
Sorry things are a little later this month…Summer (like the MCM program) may be coming to an end, but we...
2013-09-04
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Richard Douglas
SQL Server events in the UK August 2013
You might have thought that the UK SQL Server scene would have gone quiet during the summer break, but far...
2013-08-01
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SQL Server Webcast: The Day After Tomorrow; Why YOU need to Baseline
Every day I consider myself extremely fortunate to be in a profession that I really enjoy, as there’s always something...
2013-07-23
785 reads
Maidenhead SQL Server User Group – 9th July with Alex Whittles and John Martin
Another month and another evening of top quality free SQL Server goodness for those living/working in the Maidenhead area of...
2013-07-05
694 reads
SQL Server Events in the UK July 2013
Last month saw SQL Relay, Tech Ed, SQL Saturday Dublin, oh and the small matter of a CTP for SQL...
2013-07-01
668 reads
Natural Born Killers (The series) – Day 8 Parameter Sniffing
To those that don’t know me “Natural Born Killers (The Series)” sounds like a very strange choice for a SQL...
2013-06-27
1,926 reads
5 community stored procedures you need for your servers
We’re blessed in the SQL Server community that there are so many people willing to share work they have done...
2013-06-27
4,068 reads
Natural Born Killers (The series) – Day 7 Table Variables vs Temp Tables
To those that don’t know me “Natural Born Killers (The Series)” sounds like a very strange choice for a SQL...
2013-06-26
2,663 reads
Natural Born Killers (The series) – Day 6 Sargability
To those that don’t know me “Natural Born Killers (The Series)” sounds like a very strange choice for a SQL...
2013-06-28 (first published: 2013-06-25)
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Natural Born Killers (The series) – Day 5 Key Lookups
To those that don’t know me “Natural Born Killers (The Series)” sounds like a very strange choice for a SQL...
2013-06-24
720 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
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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