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Why Tech Events Matter for Data Pros (and why I’m grateful)

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I just got back from the Redgate Summit events in New York City, where I had the chance to present, swap stories, and nerd out with a lot of brilliant data folks. I came home energized… and then promptly slept for 14 hours on Thursday. That’s the best kind of exhaustion in my book.  The […]

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2025-08-23

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Live webinar - Prioritizing security: Essential strategies for IT leaders

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In today's rapidly evolving landscape, managing the security of large and complex database estates is a critical challenge for organizations. Join us for a webinar on Nov 21 covering “Prioritizing security: Essential strategies for IT leaders,” where Redgate’s security experts will share their tips on how you can safeguard your database estate and minimize reputational risk. There will also be a Q&A session where you can get expert advice from our panelists.

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2024-11-04

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Give It Away

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Tech conference season is in full swing, and it’s only the middle of March. Between Grant, Steve, and I, we’ve attended or presented at about 10 events so far. And within my community of developers and database folks, I’ve seen pictures and posts of many more. As I’ve said a few times in previous editorials, […]

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2024-03-17

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Buy on-demand access for Summit 2023 today

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Buy your on-demand ticket today to get access to hundreds of high-quality sessions across all 5 tracks at PASS Data Community Summit 2023. It’s a great way of learning at your leisure if you weren’t able to join us in person last year.

On-demand access is available for non-attendees to purchase for $1295. This will grant you access to all session recordings until November 17, 2024. Click here to buy.

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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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