Brand <> Reputation?
I was reading a book recently and it equated brand with reputation. My first thought was "aha", that brand is...
2009-04-21
1,019 reads
SQLAndy
SQLSaturday #14 in Pensacola Update
Karla just emailed that the schedule is set, details at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/schedule.aspx, but to save you time here are the speakers...
2009-04-21
622 reads
Interviewed by Tom Larock
Tom has been doing a series of interviews on his blog lately and I ended up on the list. Interviewing...
2009-04-20
520 reads
Revisiting the Task List
I've written a few posts in the past about time management, and thought I'd post an update with some lessons...
2009-04-20
590 reads
Simply Dumb Founded - A Non SQL Blog
Blogging is both more fun and harder than it looks, so when someone is getting started I try to offer...
2009-04-20
545 reads
Networking Results
I've written quite a few posts lately on networking and a very common question is - where's the results? What do...
2009-04-19
977 reads
Book Review: Best of SQL Server Central Volume 6
If you've never looked at one of these they are compilations of some of the best/most popular articles since the...
2009-04-16
535 reads
Starting Conversations - Part 2
A week or so ago I posted a note about reading How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends (worth...
2009-04-15
380 reads
Last Call for Speakers for SQLSaturday #7 in Birmingham on May 30
I just had a call with John Baldwin who is leading the effort in Birmingham and there plenty of action...
2009-04-15
303 reads
Do You Take Notes?
I happen to notice this in a class recently that I had the rare student - one that could take notes...
2009-04-14
393 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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