Pre-Compiled Stored Procedures: Fact or Myth
There’s a very common belief among DBA’s: Stored procedures are pre-compiled. I had someone tell me all about it just...
2009-09-30
1,908 reads
The Scary DBA
Minor Celebration
A little cheap thrill for me. I passed 50,000 views on the blog yesterday. Thanks to everyone who has stopped...
2009-09-30
1,385 reads
Vote for Mr. LaRock
It is rapidly coming up on election time at the Professional Association of SQL Server users (PASS). Once more, a person...
2009-09-29
1,569 reads
Recap of Cape Cod .NET User’s Group
I presented last night at the Cape Cod .NET User’s Group. What a great bunch of people. About 20 people...
2009-09-24
715 reads
PASS Virtual Chapters
If you’re not a member of the Professional Association of SQL Server users, PASS, why not? No, I’m sorry. I...
2009-09-23
866 reads
Presentation Skills from Brent Ozar
If you present at any level, read this. If you’re thinking about presenting, read this. If you’d like to start...
2009-09-23
1,075 reads
Cape Cod .NET Users Group
Tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 23, I’m going to present on “Best Practices for Working with SQL Server Execution Plans” for the...
2009-09-22
840 reads
Gila Monster on Estimated vs. Actual Row Counts
I don’t generally do lots of blog aggregation and cross post linking & stuff. It’s just not something I’m that into....
2009-09-22
1,288 reads
Identifying Frequently Running Queries
It’s not enough to look at the longest running query. What if you have two queries, one runs for 5...
2009-09-21
964 reads
More Free Training
Quest Connect 2009, taking place in October 21 for 24 hours, looks like it’s going to have 64 different sessions, live...
2009-09-15
696 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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