Opening a Twitch Channel, Data Wisdom
I want to let you know that I’m starting a channel on Twitch. You’ll be able to see it here....
2019-01-29
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Grant Fritchey
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All Day, Training Day at SQLBits
It’s a somewhat late addition, but I have an all-day Training Day at SQLBits. It takes place on Thursday, February...
2019-01-23
232 reads
DevOps and Automation Will Eliminate the DBA
I’ve been reading about the death of the DBA ever since I first made the jump from full time developer...
2019-01-23 (first published: 2019-01-14)
2,688 reads
Critiquing Grant Fritchey: Circa 2008
For several years, I ran a regular feature on this blog, Speaker of the Month. I attend a lot of...
2019-01-22
163 reads
Get Your Learn On
There is one truth that I can say about technology with an absolute certainty: It’s going to change. Get your...
2019-01-21
155 reads
PowerShell to Simulate Load
Gathering metrics is quite difficult if there are no queries. So, if you’re working in non-production environments, but you still...
2019-01-17 (first published: 2019-01-07)
2,328 reads
Database Fundamentals #20: Using the JOIN Operator, Inner Join
It is entirely possible to try to JOIN two tables on almost any field, as long as the two data...
2018-12-21 (first published: 2018-12-03)
2,517 reads
Redgate Reviews 2018, Predicts 2019
Our boss came to us and said, “We need one more webinar to round out the year.” Well, we’re just...
2018-12-17
175 reads
Forcing a Plan That Has a Plan Guide
The question that came up during a recent class I was teaching was: What if you have a plan guide...
2018-12-11 (first published: 2018-11-26)
1,819 reads
Privacy and Protection in the Age of the GDPR
We’re seeing more and more GDPR-style laws coming out from various governments. With the GDPR starting to do enforcement at...
2018-12-10
241 reads
Blogs
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...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
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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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