Hostettler the Viking Needs a New Ship and Your Help
Hostettler the Viking Needs a New Ship…And Your Help.
My good friend Justin Hostettler Davies (Blog@DBExpertise) pinged me a mail in...
2011-04-11
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Gethyn Ellis
Microsoft Migration Assistant v5.0 Released
As I was surfing around twitter after the marathon TV event that was the Royal Wedding came to end last...
2011-04-06
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Blog Syndication
I got sent an email recently asking how I went about syndicating my blog on some of the popular SQL...
2011-03-21
1,736 reads
Stored Procedure Definitions and Permissions
I wrote a post a while back that showed how you can grant execute permission ‘carte blanche’ for a database...
2011-03-18
2,146 reads
Becoming a DBA: How to gain experience
Last week I had an interesting telephone call from a someone who I connected with on linkedin.com. On Linkedin I’m...
2011-03-16
1,687 reads
Stored Procedure Definitions and Permissions
I wrote a post a while back that showed how you can grant execute permission ‘carte blanche’ for a database...
2011-03-14
2,788 reads
The Joy of Contracting
As you may or may not know I have been contracting since 2007, almost 4 years now and I have...
2011-02-21
914 reads
February Update
I haven't written anything for a while and again, for the second month running I missed TSQL2usday. It's a shame...
2011-02-15
478 reads
Shameless Plug: My First SSC Article Published Today
Please forgive the shameless plug. My first article was published today on sqlservercentral.com. It’s titled “Backup and Housekeeping with Maintenance...
2011-01-26
553 reads
Ebooks: Deal of the Day
Apress, as I expect you know, publish some really good SQL Server books. Some of which are on the MCM...
2011-01-24
624 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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...
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Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
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Question of the Day
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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