Microsoft, Do You Respect Me?
I’m writing this while I listen to the keynote at the PASS Summit, thinking about some of the things I’ve...
2011-10-13
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SQLAndy
2011 PASS Summit–Report #1
Wednesday morning. I’m at the blogger table waiting on the opening day keynote. LOTS of people here. Summit attendance is...
2011-10-12
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Call for Speakers–South Florida Code Camp 2012
The 2012 South Florida Code Camp is scheduled for February 11, 2012 at Nova University in Ft Lauderdale, and the...
2011-10-10
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Join Me for Breakfast Tuesday at the Summit
I mentioned this in my SQLFun post last night and wanted to call out separately here, I typically do a...
2011-10-06
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GiveCamp in Orlando Oct 21-23, 2011
The GiveCamp in Orlando needs volunteers to convert 25 reports from Crystal to Reporting Services. Food is provided, just need...
2011-10-06
543 reads
SQLFun–After Hours and More at the PASS Summit
The annual PASS Summit is definitely about technology and learning, but if that’s all you get out of it you’re...
2011-10-06
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Final Prep for the 2011 Summit
I’m running through my mental (and some written) pre-travel checklist, tickets, clothes, a few odds and ends, trying to be...
2011-10-05
630 reads
Spock Does Final Convention Appearance
I saw this post about Leonard Nimoy doing his final convention appearance this week. He’s 80, I would guess doesn’t...
2011-10-05
558 reads
Attending the Summit? Learn Networking With Don Gabor!
My friend, author, and networking guru Don Gabor is back at the Summit for the third year in a row,...
2011-10-04
858 reads
Chalkboard at the Office
This is something I saw recently, a large chalkboard – like the kind they used to have in schools – on a...
2011-09-29
706 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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...
Forums
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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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