Looking Back
In July 2011 I took what felt like a big chance and a detour to lead a large and complex...
2013-04-24
731 reads
SQLAndy
Review of The Way
The Way, starring Martin Sheen and directed by Emilio Estevez has been on my want to watch list for a...
2013-04-23
675 reads
SQLSaturday Philadelphia, Cocoa Beach, Orlando, and Charleston
I’ll be attending and presenting at SQLSaturday #200 in Philadelphia in June, then I’ll be attending the first ever SQLSaturday...
2013-04-22
650 reads
Assorted Links for April 13, 2013
Consider adding Troy Hunt to your feed listGreat post about the role of staffing firms in your job search and...
2013-04-13
624 reads
How Much Power Does Your PC Use?
I can’t say I’ve ever worried too much about how much power my PC uses. I care about battery life...
2013-04-08
767 reads
Failing to Overreach
I’m not sure what put this phrase in my head, though I think in part it came from various posts...
2013-04-03
716 reads
Mo-SQL On A Stick
If you’re involved in the database world it’s hard to have missed the rise of the “no-sql” database products, designed...
2013-04-01
1,022 reads
Office Space–Not The Movie
I’ve worked in a lot of different offices and office layouts over the years. Looking back I’ve been lucky (or...
2013-03-26
987 reads
We Need a Place for SQLFamily News
I’m writing this because I was thinking about a member of the local PASS chapter on the way home last...
2013-03-29 (first published: 2013-03-22)
1,200 reads
Speaking Tomorrow Night at MagicPASS
I’ll be driving south a few miles tomorrow night to talk to the great group at MagicPASS about the basics...
2013-03-19
652 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...
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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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