Who Is This Super Hero?
We recently switched from Brighthouse to DirectTV and of the first things we did was to find the kids channels...
2011-02-17
563 reads
SQLAndy
Working on the Railroad
I work with a client that has an office about 25 yards from a train track and recently the railroad...
2011-02-14
609 reads
Book Review: Packing for Mars
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach ($15 @ Amazon) is a ton of fairly interesting trivia about the space program, space...
2011-02-11
732 reads
Corporate Culture
One of the things I enjoy about work is seeing the various cultures that evolve. Some companies are rigid, some...
2011-02-10
1,362 reads
Work Goals for 2011-Part 2
It’s been a few weeks since I wrote my early thoughts on my goals for this year, and you can...
2011-02-09
792 reads
One Simple Doorstop
I saw an article in American Woodworker by Alan Lacer about making wooden doorstops and decided to try one. You...
2011-02-07
513 reads
PASS Update #52 (ERC)
We’re doing weekly calls for the ERC (election review committee) and we seem to be making some progress. This past...
2011-02-03
657 reads
Who Changed Jobs in 2010?
Linked in sent me an email saying that an astounding 209 of my connections changed jobs in 2010, out of...
2011-02-03
537 reads
A Mish Mash of Stuff
I don’t generally post bits of this and that, but I’ve accrued a few things that I wanted to share,...
2011-02-02
599 reads
PASS Update #51-Summit Site Selection
In November/December HQ requested that the Board to send in suggestions for possible sites for the 2013 PASS Summit. I...
2011-02-01
1,563 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...
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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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