Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives – In Seattle
If you’re going to spend 3-5 days in Seattle at the PASS Summit it’s worth sampling the local food rather...
2009-10-29
1,749 reads
SQLAndy
More Seattle Food
Was browsing on a break and found this, http://www.seattle.com/dining/. Of them I’ve been to Palomino (good) and Ruths Chris (good),...
2009-10-29
751 reads
Need an Aircard for a Few Days?
Ran across this, http://daypasswireless.com/, lets you rent an aircard plus service. Don’t know if it’s too late for those of...
2009-10-29
641 reads
Featured Blogger: Aaron Bertrand
I’ve been reading Aaron’s blog for a while, he’s prolific and consistently interesting – and definitely a technical focus. He’s been...
2009-10-29
679 reads
Crazy Egg
I know, I should have put more in the title. Crazy Egg is a web page traffic analysis tool that...
2009-10-28
564 reads
My Schedule at the Summit/Let’s Connect
I’m flying out Sunday via Alaska Air, taking the direct flight from Orlando to Seattle, arriving at 11:40 am. If...
2009-10-27
1,201 reads
Annoyed with LinkedIn
Funny how tools can surprise you. I’ve had in mind to set up a sub-group and invite all the SQLSaturday...
2009-10-26
599 reads
My Eval Results from SQLSaturday #21
I presented Social and Not So Social Networking for the DBA. Of the attendees, 16 submitted an eval. Here are...
2009-10-25
553 reads
Business Cards – Again
I posted some thoughts on business cards awhile back, had used up the ones I had and was time to...
2009-10-25
677 reads
PASS Update #18
Eric Wisdahl posted some questions on my last update, and I thought I’d reply here to make my answers more...
2009-10-22
795 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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