Rebind and Rewind in Execution Plans
Ever looked at an execution plan? If you answered no, you can’t possibly have ever tried to tune a query,...
2011-06-15
4,954 reads
The Scary DBA
Time for a Little PD
No, PD doesn’t stand for PowerShell Development. It stands for Professional Development. Sharks either swim or die (and yes, I...
2011-06-13
735 reads
SQL Cruise Alaska 2011
Yes, I went on the SQL Cruise to Alaska. Yes, it was as grand as you’ve heard. Yes, I’m going...
2011-06-08
534 reads
Optimizer Timeouts with XQuery
I was looking at performance of a database and I noticed a few of the plans were very large and...
2011-05-30
2,119 reads
Oh ****!
Did you ever accidentally close SQL Server Management Studio? And, in closing SSMS, did you get the prompt that says...
2011-05-25
916 reads
SQL Azure Query Tuning
SQL Azure is still SQL Server at the end of the day. This means it is entirely possible to write...
2011-05-23
1,387 reads
Summit Preference Voting
This year the PASS organization is asking us to vote on the PASS Summit 2011 sessions, not as a means...
2011-05-18
733 reads
PASS Summit 2011 Abstracts
I’ve put in several abstracts for the 2011 Summit. This year we’re voting for preferred sessions. If you’re interested in...
2011-05-10
726 reads
SQL Azure Migration Wizard
There’s a project over on code plex to come up with a mechanism for validating databases and generating the necessary...
2011-05-09
1,307 reads
I’ve got 99 Problems, but a disk ain’t one
Tom LaRock has a new meme for Meme Monday. It’s all about the problems caused in your system other than...
2011-05-02
797 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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