Speaker of the Month: May 2015
When I attend sessions at events, I try to mix it up. I’ll go to a session that, really, I...
2015-06-09
526 reads
The Scary DBA
Parallelism and Columnstore Indexes
Columnstore indexes are fascinating and really cool. Unfortunately, they’re adding an interesting new wrinkle to an old problem.
What’s the Cost...
2015-06-01
814 reads
PASS Board Update: May 2015
I’ve had a busy month on the Board.
You may have seen some tweets going by about our compliance with international...
2015-05-27
542 reads
Database Engine Tuning Advisor
I would love to see the Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) pulled from the product. Completely. Heck, I feel bad that...
2015-05-26
821 reads
Book Review: Connected
I heard about Connected from a show on NPR (Yes, I listen to NPR, why do people keep saying that?)....
2015-05-29 (first published: 2015-05-19)
5,090 reads
Come to Us or We’ll Come to You
No, that’s not a threat. It’s an offer to help out.
Redgate Software is very serious about the efforts we’re putting...
2015-06-01 (first published: 2015-05-18)
1,414 reads
I Am Grateful For…
I’m almost done reading the book Connected (will be by the time this is published). It’s fascinating although, at least so...
2015-05-15
505 reads
Is Performance Better With LEFT JOIN or RIGHT JOIN?
I tend to write my queries using LEFT JOIN. Why? Because logically I see it in my head like this:
Give...
2015-05-20 (first published: 2015-05-11)
7,061 reads
Effects of Persisted Columns on Performance
I live for questions. And my favorite questions are the ones where I’m not completely sure of the answer. Those...
2015-05-13 (first published: 2015-05-05)
5,931 reads
Speaker of the Month: May 2015
I finally got out to some community events last month and got to see a bunch of great speakers. Not...
2015-05-01
508 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
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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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