PASS Summit Birds of a Feather Lunch
The absolute biggest part of the PASS Summit is the one thing that most people don’t take advantage of, networking....
2010-10-13
593 reads
The Scary DBA
SQL Saturday New England: The New Date
The real world can get in the way of important things like SQL Saturday. In the case of SQL Saturday...
2010-10-12
564 reads
SQL Saturday New England: The Date
Mark your calendars. Make your travel arrangements. Plan on being in the Boston area on April 16th, 2011. Three of...
2010-10-05
543 reads
SQL Saturday in New England
Adam Machanic (blog|twitter) has put on a SQL Saturday/Data camp event in New England for the last two years. I’ve...
2010-10-04
396 reads
How to Tell if Execution Plans are Reused
I try to watch the search phrases that point people to the blog because sometimes, you get a sense of...
2010-10-04
446 reads
Parameter Name Size And Performance
I saw an odd statement the other day, “The size of the name of the parameter does not affect performance.”...
2010-09-27
1,027 reads
SQL Saturday 46 (#sqlsat46) Recap
I was privileged to be able to attend and present at SQL Saturday 46 in Raleigh, NC, this last weekend....
2010-09-20
826 reads
Links From Twitter
Normally, I try to stick to posting technical info or community stuff on the blog, but there were a couple...
2010-09-07
569 reads
Recursive Hiearchies in Reporting Services
I am not a Reporting Services guru and nor do I play one on TV. I am however forced to...
2010-09-03
2,654 reads
Upcoming Presentations: #24HOP & #SQLSAT46
Blogging has been a bit quiet of late. That’s because I’ve been spending a lot my spare time getting ready...
2010-08-30
765 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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