Schema & Renaming Fun
I wrote the SQLServerCentral question of the day that is live today called Schema & Renaming Fun. Mildly interesting, but looking...
2014-03-12
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SQLAndy
Call For Speakers for SQLSaturday Houston (Before TechEd)
SQLSaturday returns to Houston this year, this time at San Jacinto College on May 10, 2014. That’s the Saturday just...
2014-03-11
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Don’t Park Your Vessel Here
I saw this sign recently, which at first glance is unremarkable, but I couldn’t help be amused at the inclusion...
2014-03-11
427 reads
Look At The SQLSaturday Orlando Home Page
One of the weaknesses of the current SQLSaturday tool set is that the front page isn’t strong by default. It...
2014-03-10
312 reads
SQLSaturday #318 in Orlando on September 27, 2014
Number 8! Our eight annual SQLSaturday in Orlando is coming up on September 27th (note, it’s technically our tenth, but...
2014-03-05
656 reads
Pocket’s Most Popular
I use Pocket for saving some stuff. It works well from Feedly when I see something I know I’ll want...
2014-03-03
704 reads
PASS, Evangelism, Goals, Dreams
The role of PASS in the community has evolved a lot over the past few years. Back in 2006/2007 PASS...
2014-02-28
1,298 reads
Spring in Florida
The first sign of spring in Florida is the leaves falling from the oak trees. Tons of leaves, leaves everywhere,...
2014-02-27
1,048 reads
Write The Perfect Question (Of The Day)
Have you ever voted against something only to be glad later you got out voted? Too many years ago the...
2014-03-05 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,491 reads
Notes From SQLSaturday #273
Speaker dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse was packed. Great crowd, not such great service. At 8:45 pm we still had not...
2014-02-24
674 reads
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Upgrading Admin Queries
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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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