The Dotonbori area of Osaka is like a video game version of Japan: wild, over-the-top neon signs, awesome street food, cool street markets, Kabuki theater on a revolving stage, and more. It’s very touristy, but as touristy places go, it’s fantastic. Last year when I was here, I filmed Office Hours at the river, but this time around let’s go into one of the side streets where the food vendors gather.

Oh and hey, while we’re here, let’s cover your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento.

Here’s what we covered:

• 00:00 Start
• 01:11 Elwood Blues: What’s your take on setting a users default database when creating a new login? The previous DBA always used master. Is this bad?
• 01:57 retired_DBA: Hi Brent, what do you tell a client who is asking you to solve an issue but objects to the use of any/all diagnostic tools for fear they will ‘negatively impact the performance of the system’, more or less leaving you to shoot in the dark?
• 04:58 MyFriendAsks: I recently got hired as a SQL Developer, which is a shift from being a .NET/Web Developer. What action points do you think I should focus on and subjects to brush up on? (Obviously I binge your YT shorts, and will be pouring over your blog too)
• 05:46 TokTik: In my Top 10 waits for the output of sp_BlitzFirst, the VDI_CLIENT_OTHER wait appears at the top. I couldn’t find much information online, but I understand it’s related to AGs. Is my secondary AG taking a long time to get updates, or can I skip this wait and move on to the next?
• 06:44 Elwood Blues: Is batch requests per second or transaction s per second a better metric for tracking how busy a SQL server is?
• 07:00 Ejae: Do you think blogging as a medium is on its last legs?
• 09:53 Fr: Hi Brent, Who should own CDC tools in an organization DBAs or BI teams?