Buying a New Cell Phone
For the page 10 months or so I've been using a Samsung Blackjack, before that I used various Blackberries for...
2007-11-21
1,427 reads
SQLAndy
Logging Server Reboots - What the Heck MS?
Maybe someone at MS can explain this; they have that nice dialog that comes up after a reboot where you...
2007-11-21
1,403 reads
SQLSaturday Article Posted on SSC
I wrote up some more notes (in addition to what's available here on the blog) to try to raise the...
2007-11-21
1,373 reads
SQLSaturday #2 aka SQLSaturday Tampa 2007
I had dinner with Wes Dumey and Pam Shaw from Tampa last night to share some lessons learned and hear...
2007-11-20
1,383 reads
Giving PASS Chapters Access to Summit Content
I've got a request in to PASS asking them to release 2 of the many sessions that were presented at...
2007-11-19
1,334 reads
Pics of SQLSaturday
Visit the blog of Joe Healy, my favorite MS Developer Evangelist to see some pics from SQLSaturday. Joe is amazingly...
2007-11-15
1,350 reads
Dr Dobbs & Databases
You may not think of DDJ for database info and I'll admit that what they do cover is often a...
2007-11-15
1,425 reads
Trigger Trivia Posted on SSC
A short article but interesting I think, with some good comments already. I think in general triggers are under used,...
2007-11-13
583 reads
A Couple Days With Joe Celko
We were lucky enough to have Joe come to Orlando to speak at SQLSaturday and we also talked him into...
2007-11-12
805 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando 2007 Wrap Up
I'm just finishing up sending out thank you emails to the volunteers, speakers, and sponsors that helped make our first...
2007-11-12
611 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
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...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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Question of the Day
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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