Orlando Code Camp – March 27, 2010
I’ll be attending and speaking at the Orlando Code Camp on March 27, 2010 at Seminole State College along with...
2010-03-12
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SQLAndy
PASS Update #25 (Summit Location and More)
By now you’ve probably seen the official announcement from PASS about the Summit being located in Seattle for both 2011...
2010-03-11
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The Name Game
I’m in charge of networking and social time for oPASS and I do what I can to help get our...
2010-03-11
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Help Us Update the PASS Blog Directory
We put this together last year and we’re up to 270 blogs listed, but I’m sure we’re still missing some,...
2010-03-10
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Buying a Second Seat on the Plane
Saw this article about more elbow room, the premise being that is it is often cheaper to buy a second...
2010-03-09
350 reads
Notes from SQLSaturday #33
I did the relatively quick flight to Charlotte on Friday afternoon, arriving just before 2 pm, grabbed lunch to go...
2010-03-08
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Going to Charlotte for SQLSaturday #33
I’m flying up Friday afternoon for SQLSaturday #33. Looking forward to the trip, Charlotte is a great area and I...
2010-03-05
391 reads
PASS Update #24
Time to update you again on all things PASS. First, I haven’t made a lot of progress on the speaker...
2010-03-05
532 reads
Schedule for SQLSaturday #33
Final schedule for the Charlotte event and it is impressive – 9 tracks, 54 sessions!
2010-03-04
512 reads
Self Promotion & Self Marketing
The title of this post illustrates my own ambiguity on the topic. It’s fair and necessary to let others know...
2010-03-04
625 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
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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