What's a 'DBA'?
Most of us are tired of this overused, vague term. How many of you have clicked on a 'DBA' job...
2009-05-12
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Blog Posts
Multitasking
This morning, with a sore back, I’m struggling a little to sit still, but I’ve managed to get things done....
2009-05-11
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Where’s My 2GB?
While I was testing some things the other day my desktop was running slow. I mean so slow that typing...
2009-05-11
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Adios FlyClear
Last year I wrote about signing up for Clear, a registered traveler program. I've flown enough to make it useful...
2009-05-10
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Teched Water Bottle
One of the charming people who helped me register at Teched told me where we, who had registered, could get...
2009-05-10
1,705 reads
The Walking Billboard
I spent a fascinating hour at the Teched Shop this afternoon. I was trying to get a feel for where...
2009-05-10
1,278 reads
Car Update - 3rd Generation Prius
I'm on the Prius mailing list since I bought a Prius and Toyota hopes that I'm
Happy with my Prius Willing...
2009-05-08
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Software Freedom Kosova 2009
At the end of August 2009 will organize the Software Freedom Kosova 2009, the big event for the Open Source...
2009-05-08
441 reads
Book Review: Patriot Acts
Fiction review this week. I recently read Patriot Acts by Greg Rucka, the continuation of the story that started in...
2009-05-07
279 reads
Book Review: SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled
I'm just finishing up SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled by Grant Fritchey and Sajal Dam and overall I've...
2009-05-07
486 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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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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