Meme Monday: SQL Family
Tom LaRock’s (blog|twitter) question this month: What does #sqlfamily mean to me?
Wow…
Geez Tom, couldn’t you ask a hard question for...
2011-11-07
1,785 reads
The Scary DBA
Book Review: Guerilla Leader, T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt
As part of my commitment to read and review 12 books in an effort to be active in my own...
2011-11-07
1,768 reads
SQL Server XQuery Against Execution Plans
One of the greatest things about all the DMOs is how you can combine the information they present to you...
2011-10-25
2,039 reads
I Can’t Go To Space
If I could win the DBA In Space contest, I’d be all over it like white on rice. But I...
2011-10-24
1,457 reads
PASS Summit 2011: Wrap-Up
Another Summit done gone by and I’m exhausted. You know you did the Summit correctly if you’re crawling onto the...
2011-10-17
1,430 reads
Extended Events Data
I’ve been working quite a bit over the last week or so with extended events in Denali. The sheer magnitude...
2011-10-17
1,860 reads
PASS Keynote Day #3: Dr. Dewitt
And we’re off. We opened with a video of people saying “Connect, Share, Learn” and “This, is Community”
Rob Farley & Buck...
2011-10-14
1,331 reads
PASS Summit Day 2–Key Notes
Bill Graziano has come out on stage, looking marvelous, in a traditional kilt and stockings. Thanks Bill.
For those who don’t...
2011-10-13
1,089 reads
PASS Summit So Far
This is Day 2 of the Summit proper. But for me, this is the fifth day of the Summit and...
2011-10-13
1,016 reads
PASS Summit 2011 Day #1 Post #1
Hello again. The PASS Organization has once more allowed me to sit at the bloggers table for the key note....
2011-10-12
987 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,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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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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