SQL Server Disaster Recovery
I was reading a blog post by Steve Jones on Monday and I started to write a comment on his...
2012-12-11
1,094 reads
Gethyn Ellis
SQL Server Books–Query Tuning
Last week I was delivering a SQL Server Training course for learning tree. The course was 2109 SQL Server Virtualization...
2012-12-10
1,052 reads
SQL Server Consulting Blog–Sunday Stats
I’m going to continue with my series of posts on analysing how well my SQL Server Consulting blog has done...
2012-12-09
801 reads
SQL Server Training in 2013
Unbelievably it is December already and 2013 is fast approaching. With the Christmas break fast approaching now is the time...
2012-12-03
1,081 reads
SQL Server Consulting Blog–Saturday Stats 1st Dec 2012
This post is little experiment I’m trying out this weekend. The SQL Server Consulting blog has been up and running...
2012-12-01
881 reads
Chicago: The Travels of a SQL Server Consultant
As regular readers of my blog will now as part of role as a SQL Server consultant and SQL Server...
2012-11-29
2,115 reads
Newsletter
Back in the old days before this blog when I was publishing a website instead that has long been consigned...
2012-11-22
881 reads
Top 3 Books on Writing Transact-SQL (TSQL)
This weeks blog posts have been focusing on books that I have read, like and recommend for learning SQL Server...
2012-11-21
957 reads
Top 5 Books on SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence
Carrying on with book week and answering the question I’m often asked about what books I;d recommend to learn about...
2012-11-20
944 reads
Top 5 SQL Server 2008 DBA Books
I’m often asked about what books I would recommend for learning more about SQL Server 2008 and I always respond...
2012-11-19
1,035 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
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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