Index Stats Duplication
I came across a recent posting about seeing multiple entries in sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats for the same index. This kind of behavior...
2010-04-22
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SQL RNNR
SQL 2008 R2
Really short post here. I just found out that Stacia Misner (blog |blog 2 | @StaciaMisner) and Ross Mistry have released...
2010-04-21
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Stepping Stone Cert II
Back on March 30, I wrote about a Stepping Stone Certification that seems to be missing between the MCM and...
2010-04-20
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BLOB Report T-SQL Tuesday #005- Reporting
This month for my second submission into T-SQL Tuesday, I decided to go with something that provides some insight into...
2010-04-13
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S3OLV April Meeting Recap
We held our meeting last night and had a good time. Thanks to those that were able to make it...
2010-04-09
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How Silly
Have you ever done anything that made you feel like a dunderhead? Maybe a little bone-headed, thick, numb-skullish?
Here is my...
2010-04-07
555 reads
LV April SQL Users Group Meeting
S3OLV or SSSOLV will be holding our meeting Thursday April 8th. The User Group is in affiliation with PASS and...
2010-04-06
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IP and Default Trace…T-SQL Tuesday #005 - A week early - D'oh
As chance would have it, I had been checking Adam’s blog daily for the last few days to find the...
2010-04-06
1,764 reads
Goal Review Q1
As we close out the First Quarter of 2010 it is time to review progress made on the Goals I...
2010-04-01
502 reads
Index Info
I recently came across an interesting script to help show index info and usage. As I began to dissect the...
2010-03-31
1,998 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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