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I try not to post too many links without some thoughtful commentary, but I ran across this and thought it...
2009-10-01
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SQLAndy
Book Review: The Art of Making Money
In this case making money is about counterfeiting. The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter ($18)...
2009-10-01
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Referral Contest for PASS Summit
Hopefully you saw it in the special mailing that went out yesterday, but the marketing team just released a new...
2009-09-30
1,370 reads
SQLSaturday #21 Update
We’re closing in on our October 17th SQLSaturday #21 in Orlando and I thought I’d share a few things about...
2009-09-30
1,406 reads
Idea for PASS Summit 2010 – Share Your Other Passions
I’ve had the glimmer of this idea since I posted about the idea of bringing my chair to the 2009...
2009-09-30
1,386 reads
Jack Corbett Now Co-President of oPASS
I’m late announcing this here, but I’m pleased to announce my friend Jack Corbett is joining me in leading oPASS...
2009-09-29
1,612 reads
Sales vs Operations
It’s probably a key stereotype of our business that the sales team doesn’t really get along with those in operations/production....
2009-09-28
951 reads
Sales People & Commission
I saw this post by Neil Davidson about sales people being different that discusses how sales people are compensated and...
2009-09-27
2,498 reads
Fishbowl Discussions
My friend Smitha sent me this link about fishbowl conversations as something that might make sense to add to the...
2009-09-24
866 reads
Review: The Inner Game of Stress: Outsmart Life's Challenges and Fulfill Your Potential
Ran across The Inner Game of Stress: Outsmart Life's Challenges and Fulfill Your Potential ($16 @ Amazon) at the the library,...
2009-09-24
682 reads
Blogs
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...
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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