2009 PASS Summit Presentation Results
I opened my inbox Wednesday morning to find the evaluation results for my presentation on Transactional Replication at the 2009...
2010-01-07
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Kendal Van Dyke
10 Goals For 2010
As is the traditional thing to do at the beginning of a new year I'm making goals for what I'd...
2010-01-06
708 reads
My Biggest Weakness
I took some time off in December and I'm finally getting around to catching up on RSS feeds. Turns out...
2009-12-31
1,515 reads
Saying Goodbye To 2009
I'll close out 2009 with an update on the goals I set at the beginning of this year and things...
2009-12-31
1,395 reads
Fix The Problem, Don't Just Band-Aid It
Let's face it, when it comes to computers there's a 100% certainty that something is going to break eventually. Maybe...
2009-12-03
583 reads
What It Means To Be A Production DBA
Remember that scene from Office Space where the Bobs ask, "What would you say you do here?" I've been a...
2009-12-02
538 reads
Replication Scripts: Show All Transactional Publications & Subscribers At Distributor
Anybody who has talked with me about replication or heard me present about it knows that I recommend using a...
2009-11-23
636 reads
PASS Summit 2009 Final Thoughts…or What I've Learned From The 2009 Summit
Last week I wrote a day by day recount of my PASS Summit experience (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). Since...
2009-11-20
714 reads
Looking Back – PASS Summit 2009 Day 5
Since this was my time visiting Seattle I opted to stay an extra day and take in the sights and...
2009-11-13
592 reads
Looking Back – PASS Summit 2009 Day 4
Thursday started off with a meeting of the SQL Saturday minds over breakfast at Top Pot Donuts a few blocks...
2009-11-12
878 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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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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