Upgrading to SQL Server 2012?
Do you have any plans in place to upgrade to SQL Sever 2012 this year. We are now well into...
2013-03-06
1,055 reads
Gethyn Ellis
Virtualising your SQL Server?
Having just completed the latest revision of Learning Tree's SQL Server Virtualisation and consolidation course I thought I'd share with...
2013-03-04
663 reads
SELECT TOP 5 PERCENT WITH TIES
LinkedIn sent me an email on Monday that said my profile was in the top 5% of viewed profiles in...
2013-02-12
864 reads
SQL Server Auto grow
I had a great response to my blog post and poll last week about how DBAs use auto grow. In...
2013-01-16
1,026 reads
SQL Server Consulting: Weekly Round-up
The first full week in 2013 has been a a busy week for me with lots of SQL Server consulting...
2013-01-12
1,001 reads
#SQLSaturdayExeter–Superb SQL Server Event
#SQLSaturday194 is coming to Exeter on the 8th – 9th March.
What is SQL Saturday? The brain child of Steve Jones,...
2013-01-11
760 reads
Auto grow–On or Off Straw Poll
David Postlethwaite who contributes to this blog regularly sent me an email this morning asking about Database Auto grow.
This...
2013-01-10 (first published: 2013-01-07)
1,994 reads
SQL Server Virtualisation and Consolidation
Come and join me in London this March for a 3 day course on SQL Server virtualisation and consolidation.The course...
2013-01-10
1,025 reads
SQL Server Contracting and Business Network Wales - LinkedIn Groups Updates
I have been doing some work on some LinkedIn groups that I manage and look after over the holidays. There...
2013-01-04
866 reads
SQL Saturday #194 Exeter
I have read much about SQL Saturday’s but I have yet to attend one, that is about to change. I...
2013-01-03
833 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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