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SQL Saturday is coming to Portland on November 1! Join us for a free day of SQL Server training and networking. Speakers at this event include Red Gate's Grant Fritchey, Kathi Kellenberger, Benjamin Nevarez, and more. There are also 3 paid-for pre-con sessions for this event. Register while space is available.
In this new article, we will introduce you to Microsoft Excel and Data Mining.
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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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