Rows or Range, What’s the difference ?
With the release of Denali CTP3 came an extension of the over clause to allow for a sliding window of...
2011-09-22
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Dave Ballantynes blog
Unleashing my inner Viking, SQLBits and more…
In case you didn't know SQLBits 9 ,”Query across the Mersey”, is taking place in Liverpool from September 21st to...
2011-08-31
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Rolling your own index lookups
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been training developers in what they really need to know about SQL Server to...
2011-08-01
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Denali–IIF and CHOOSE
In Denali CTP3, we have a new of new functions to play with. For this post, im going to focus...
2011-07-19
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Non use of persisted data – Part deux
In my last blog I showed how persisted data may not be used if you have used the base data...
2011-06-20
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Itzik Ben-Gan is in town
Not that you would know it from the page below, but Itzik Ben-Gan is back in London to do a...
2011-06-17
1,284 reads
Non use of persisted data
Working at a client site, that in itself is good to say, I ran into a set of circumstances that...
2011-06-13
627 reads
Column order can matter
Ordinarily, column order of a SQL statement does not matter.
Select a,b,c
from table
will produce the same execution plan as Select c,b,a
from...
2011-06-06
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Kent .Net/SqlServer User Group – Upcoming events
At the Kent user group we have two upcoming events. Both are to be held at F-Keys Training suite http://f-keys.co.uk/...
2011-06-05
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SqlHerts–26th May 2011
Thanks to those who turned out to see my presentation at SqlHerts on Thursday 26thMay. Its a true pleasure to...
2011-05-29
1,335 reads
Blogs
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...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
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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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