Delegating
I think all managers are told they must delegate to succeed and/or survive. Seems obvious, a manager can’t do it...
2010-07-01
323 reads
SQLAndy
MS Access Annoyance: Doesn’t Link Synonyms
I use Access when I don’t have dedicated admin tools for editing data, frequently the case for infrequently changed data...
2010-06-30
3,145 reads
The Breakfast Plan Goes Awry
Here’s the editorial for SSC today and while it’s a humorous story about asking for donuts and getting a free...
2010-06-29
1,424 reads
Conference Calls Are Hard
Conference calls are a fact of life for most of us. Remote offices, remote workers, clients – lots of reasons to...
2010-06-29
1,426 reads
PASS Update #35
It’s been a busy month for me for PASS activities. I spent almost the entire week last week on PASS...
2010-06-28
702 reads
Growing the SQL Community – Carefully
If you’re a blogger or a twitterer or a SQL speaker or PASS volunteer, you do it because you have...
2010-06-25
560 reads
Building a PASS Voting Solution – Part 6
Today we’ll try to finish up by looking at a couple of the semi-interesting parts of the code in this...
2010-06-24
642 reads
PASS Board Call For Nominations Open
Nominations opened today and will run through July 21st. Whether you’re planning to be a candidate or not, I hope...
2010-06-24
553 reads
Guest Editorial on SSC – Selling Used Cars/Experience Requires Repetition
I’ve been experimenting with stories in the editorial, experiences of my own that are amusing and have some kind of...
2010-06-24
934 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando Signs
Life in the event leader fast lane, finally got the signs for our upcoming #49 here in Orlando. In past...
2010-06-23
543 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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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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