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Memory

Not a sound from the pavement

Have you ever come across a SQL query that used to run faster?  Has that...

2010-08-25

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Sp_whoAmI

I was doing a little catching up on some blog reading today and came across a new post from Adam...

2010-08-24

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Star Struck

Have you ever run into an error and been puzzled as to why that error occurred?
Recently I have been working...

2010-08-17

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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases

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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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