Smart As A Bear?
I got this at Hobby Lobby for $7 on sale, it’s about the width of a license plate and a...
2014-05-14
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SQLAndy
Warrant Canaries & Transparency
I recently ran across the warrant canary FAQ from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The concept is simple – put up...
2014-05-14
550 reads
Announcing the 2014 SQLSaturday Orlando Seminars
On September 25, 2014 we’re pleased to have David Pless presenting an all day seminar on Enterprise Management and Monitoring...
2014-05-13
370 reads
Verizon PCI and Data Breach Investigation Reports
If you deal with security and especially credit cards it’s worth spending an hour or two to read the 2014...
2014-05-13
441 reads
Writing Another Question of the Day
The most recent one I wrote was a “question from error message” pattern. An experienced DBA should get it easily,...
2014-05-12
355 reads
Notes From SQLSaturday #298
The trip didn’t start smoothly for this one. Wed night I was really sick with some kind of stomach flu....
2014-05-12
427 reads
Off to Jacksonville for SQLSaturday #298
I’m looking forward to returning to Jacksonville after missing a year (or two?) to speak at SQLSaturday #298. I’m driving...
2014-05-09
338 reads
Speaking at MagicPASS on May 28, 2014
If you’re wondering who the mystery speaker is – it’s me! I’ll be doing two presentations at Magic Pass on May...
2014-05-08
339 reads
Another User Has Locked My File!
I had an SSIS package fail in a script task this morning. As part of the why process I opened...
2014-05-07
346 reads
Datatypes In Your Mind–Question Of The Day
My latest question Datatypes In Your Mind is live today and it’s generated quite the discussion. I wrote here about...
2014-05-06
470 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,...
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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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