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The Skill Set of the Exceptional DBA

In my previous editorial on this topic, I stated that the An Exceptional DBA is defined more by what they do than what they know. Judging by the responses, there is little disputing this fact among DBW readers. However, before we accept technical knowledge as a "given", and move on, I'd like to consider the […]

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Question of the Day

Deprecated Feature Tracking

From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?

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