More Thoughts on Stress
I’m trying to pay more attention to things that cause me stress and how I deal with the stress. It’s...
2009-11-09
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SQLAndy
Notes from the PASS Summit 2009 Trip
A few random thoughts:
I think many people did ok at the airport connecting for ride share via Twitter. By next...
2009-11-09
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Thanks to PASS Board Members Finishing Up Their Terms
We’re losing three good people as of the end of the year, but I thought now would be a good...
2009-11-05
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PASS Day 3 – PASS Summit 2009
Started the day at 6:30 at Top Pot with a meeting about SQLSaturday over coffee and it really ended up...
2009-11-05
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Day 2 – PASS Summit 2009
Up at 5am today, worked for a while, then down to breakfast at 6am with Brent, Colin, Denny (and wife!),...
2009-11-04
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PASS Log Reader Winners Announced
Brent posted it first and I’m going to borrow his list to post here:
Best Business Intelligence Blog Post:
Winner: Chris Webb...
2009-11-04
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Day 1 – PASS Summit 2009
Up early again, started my day at the Convention Center for breakfast. Light breakfast, drinking water, never seem to drink...
2009-11-03
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PASS Day –1 (Monday) at PASS Summit 2009
Started the day with a long walk, then off to Top Pot doughnuts for coffee with Don Gabor, Jack Corbett,...
2009-11-03
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Day –2 (Sun) at the PASS Summit 2009
Flew out of Orlando direct to Seattle, leaving at 8:30 and arriving about 1130 am Seattle time. Nice flight, no...
2009-11-02
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PASS Officers for 2010-2011 Announced
Posted yesterday at http://www.sqlpass.org/Community/PASSBlog/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/118.aspx, Rushabh Mehta is the incoming President, Bill Graziano is the VP Finance, and Rick Heiges is...
2009-10-31
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Advice I Like: Knots
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Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
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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...
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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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