New Book on Query Optimizer
Benjamin Nevarez (blog) has been working really hard on a book on the Query Optimizer. It just got finished in...
2010-10-26
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The Scary DBA
Another Must See Session
I can’t believe I missed this one in all the posts and recommendations I’ve been making about great sessions coming...
2010-10-25
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SQL Rally Voting
I received word over the weekend that my precon application had made it past committee and was now subject to...
2010-10-25
607 reads
Who You Learn From
Less than two weeks to go until the PASS Summit. I’m excited. I’ve managed to cram a ton of activities...
2010-10-25
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Kilt Day at the PASS Summit
Last year, with the infinite power at my disposal (read, zero), I declared Wednesday, Kilt Wednesday at the PASS Summit. It took...
2010-10-20
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
I’ve got a couple of more sessions before the big two at the PASS Summit. Tomorrow night, October 20th, I’ll...
2010-10-19
713 reads
Powershell is Really Easy… If you know what you’re doing
Sigh… I just spent almost a full work day trying to come up with, what turned out to be a...
2010-10-18
3,164 reads
Scary DBA Takes Over the World
Or, at least gets translated into Russian.
I realize I’m effectively a 10 year old, but, come on, HOW COOL IS...
2010-10-15
600 reads
Working the Door
You know those guys that work the door at clubs, seperating the wheat from the chaff, culling the herd, Choosing the Slain, sifting...
2010-10-14
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Speaking at SNESSUG
I’ll be presenting tonight at the Southern New England SQL Server Users Group (SNESSUG). The topic is “Using DMVs as...
2010-10-13
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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
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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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