PASS 2008 Day 3 (Wed)
Went to the intro and keynote yesterday, even though I know better. They weren't bad, they just weren't great. I...
2008-11-20
659 reads
SQLAndy
PASS 2008 Day 2 (Tuesday)
I spent most of yesterday in the PASS volunteer training. It's not really training, more of a gathering of volunteers...
2008-11-19
913 reads
PASS 2008 - Day 1 (Mon)
Fairly easy day, up at 5 am for an 8:15 am flight to Seattle via Detroit, arrived about 2:30 pm...
2008-11-17
532 reads
Why I Want To Be On The PASS Board
This is what I provided to the nominating committee today. I think I could have worked on this for weeks...
2008-11-16
1,418 reads
Pass Board of Directors Part 6
More updates from the nominating committee:
"As a PASS-slated candidate, we would like to promote you and your vision and experience...
2008-11-16
503 reads
PASS Board of Directors Part 5
Looks like I'm still in the game! Just received word from Kevin Kline (Past PASS President). Here are the candidates:
Andy...
2008-11-14
1,312 reads
Google Blogs & Images
I'm using a Goggle blog for another project and overall it works fine, no complaints. I've also switched to using...
2008-11-13
576 reads
SQLSaturday #6 - Canceled
Just heard back from Allen White, due to his schedule and minimal success creating a true team effort plans for...
2008-11-12
544 reads
Latest Orlando User Group Meeting & Assorted Attendees
We had our meeting on November 11, 2008, with 27 people attending. Our featured speaker was Jessica Moss, SQL MVP...
2008-11-12
538 reads
Two Mistakes
I don't typically do Internet chain mail, but Brian Kelley mentioned me in his post on his two mistakes and...
2008-11-11
737 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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