More Surface
I’m continuing to work with the Surface.
BOOM
I just had my first crash. I was in IE when I tried to...
2012-11-02
1,160 reads
The Scary DBA
Surface, Surface, Prepare to Surface
More stuff about the Surface.
Web browsing works extremely well so far. I enjoy how you can swipe to move back...
2012-11-01
802 reads
Microsoft Surface Update
Let’s talk some more about the basic keyboard. I’m really surprised at how well it works. But, it’s absolutely going...
2012-10-31
1,440 reads
Microsoft Surface
I’m going to do with this what I should have done with the Piece Of Fruit (POF), blog about the...
2012-10-31 (first published: 2012-10-28)
3,271 reads
Scary Reading List for Halloween
I know I focus on community, SQL Server, professional development and process. But you need to do other stuff occasionally...
2012-10-26
730 reads
Clustered Indexes Have Statistics Too
It may seem obvious, but I’ve heard more than one person suggest to me that statistics on a clustered index...
2012-10-22
1,160 reads
SQL In The City: Seattle
If you missed all the great speakers on the five city tour of SQL in the City, don’t despair. Many...
2012-10-17
1,144 reads
RML Utilities and SQL Server 2012
I’m working through some code that I haven’t touched recently and I’m running it for the first time on a...
2012-10-16
1,466 reads
Why Tune Queries?
It’s just a query against the database. If things are running slow, buy some more memory, a faster CPU or...
2012-10-17 (first published: 2012-10-15)
2,997 reads
Interviewing a DBA
I’m not a fan of trivia style interview questions. Yes, I ask a few because you have to in order...
2012-09-26 (first published: 2012-09-24)
3,350 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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