Minimalist Design
I'm been in tactical mode lately, building an advertising management system for one of our projects. Actually it's v2, the...
2009-03-25
1,608 reads
SQLAndy
Overload & Stress - Part 2
Yesterday I was commenting on how a big part of stress for me is getting that sudden burst of work...
2009-03-24
819 reads
PASS 2009 Summit Site Open
Registration has been open since the last Summit, but this year Bill Graziano and team have released the Summit 2009...
2009-03-24
587 reads
Overload & Stress - Part 1
As I gain more experience I've found that stress comes in three forms; stress that is there that you don't...
2009-03-23
582 reads
PASS 2009 Summit - Call for Speakers is Open
The call for speakers is open through midnight on April 10, 2009, so get busy submitting those abstracts! Work hard...
2009-03-22
745 reads
I've been slowly looking at and experimenting with LinkedIn to see if it has value and if so, how to...
2009-03-19
908 reads
Changes to Visual Studio Magazine
I was browsing the March 2009 issue of Visual Studio Magazine today and found that it's changing again. It's been...
2009-03-19
777 reads
Spring Training, Why Don't We Have Spring Training, and Shock The Monkey
I try to go to a spring training game once or twice a year and it serves as a useful...
2009-03-17
714 reads
Notes on the March 11, 2009 Orlando SQL Meeting
We just had our bi-monthly SQL group meeting (www.opass.org) with Kendal Van Dyke presenting The Truth About Disk Performance & Configuration,...
2009-03-16
566 reads
SQLSaturday #12 Date Change
Had a note from Ken Starnes in Portland, the date for SQLSaturday #12 has changed to June 6th (same date...
2009-03-16
590 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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