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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 26/11/10

November 26, 2010 by John Sansom 1 Comment

Brrrr it’s cold out and I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. It’s as if the PASS summit has injected the community with a dose of renewed enthusiasm this past few weeks as a flurry of Blog […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 12/11/10

November 12, 2010 by John Sansom 1 Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. If you’re a reader with your finger on the SQL Server community pulse then you will of course know that this week has been all about the PASS Summit and the […]

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Checkout SQLMonitor live in action right now

November 11, 2010 by John Sansom 1 Comment

Did you see the editorial post from SQLServerCentral this morning? It’s very cool and I wanted to bring it to your attention. Those clever chaps have gone and deployed the latest edition of SQLMonitor from RedGate on the SQLServerCentral website and made the dashboards available for you to interact with online, in real time. Take […]

Filed Under: Administration, SQL Server Community, Tools

SQL Server 2011 Codenamed Denali available now

November 9, 2010 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

That’s right people! News just in from the PASS Summit 2010 currently going on right now in Seattle. You can now download Microsoft® SQL Server® code-named ‘Denali’ – Community Technology Preview 1 (CTP1) from here. Here’s the thoughts of SQL Server MVP’s Brent Ozar and Gail Shaw on SQL Server Denali. One of the perks of being an […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 05/11/10

November 5, 2010 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

“I am delighted to announce that my post 10 Character Traits of Outstanding DBA’s has been nominated in the SQL Server Pedia Blogger Awards Professional Development category. If you enjoyed it too then please show your support by voting for it here.” I hope you’ve had a great week! It’s been a while since the last […]

Filed Under: Link Posts, SQL Server Community

Life Without a Net – My comment

November 2, 2010 by John Sansom 1 Comment

Did you catch the brilliant and thought provoking editorial post Life Without a Net by Rodney Landrum on SQL Server Central this morning? The post pondered the entertaining thought of what life would be like without the very lifeblood that we all have come to know and love, the internet. What I found particularly interesting about […]

Filed Under: Professional Development, SQL Server Community, SQLServerCentral Syndication, SQLServerPedia Syndication

Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links – Back next week

October 17, 2010 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

Just a quick post to let you know there is no SFTW post this week as I’m currently on vacation right now! Next weeks post will be another double round-up so you too can rest easy knowing that you won’t be missing out on any of the awesome content. In the mean time, why not test your […]

Filed Under: Link Posts, SQL Server Community

Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 08/10/10

October 8, 2010 by John Sansom 4 Comments

I hope you’ve had a great week! To get the weekend off to an even better start, you’ll be delighted to here that this weeks SFTW post is a Double Edition! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. Some of you despaired that there […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 24/09/10

September 24, 2010 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy! SQL Server Links What Did I Do? – Introducing Matt Velic. This stirred up some […]

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Amazon Kindle Review

September 22, 2010 by John Sansom 4 Comments

After much anticipation my brand spanking new Amazon Kindle finally arrived last weekend. I’d been chomping at the bit to get my hands on the reader and I must say I’m really impressed with it so far. As I opened my delivery parcel and lifted the device out from it’s packaging my attention was immediately […]

Filed Under: SQL Server Community Tagged With: Kindle, Product Review

Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 17/09/10

September 18, 2010 by John Sansom 2 Comments

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. How good was 24 HOP this week! I thought it was another tremendous event packed with great content and I just want to say a big thank you to […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 10/09/10

September 10, 2010 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. If you have not seen it already, you have to watch this but make sure you wear headphones as it’s not suitable for work (NSFW): Hilarious Video: Relational Database […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 03/09/10

September 3, 2010 by John Sansom 1 Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. The PASS nominations process got under way this week. All the recent shenanigans aside, make sure you don’t forget to vote! This is your chance to have your say on who […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 27/08/10

August 27, 2010 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy! SQL Server Links How It Works: Timer Outputs in SQL Server 2008 R2 – Invariant […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links for the week 20/08/10

August 22, 2010 by John Sansom 1 Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. Congratulations to Tracey Hamlin(@tracyhhamlin), Winner of the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the Year Award! Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy! SQL […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links for the week 13/08/10

August 13, 2010 by John Sansom 1 Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. Check out the recently added Popular Posts section to find out what content visitors to this site enjoy the most. Don’t forget to have a go at this weeksSQL Server […]

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SQL Server Crossword #2

August 10, 2010 by John Sansom 17 Comments

Back by popular demand, here’s another SQL Server Crossword. You can find SQL Server Crossword #1 here. Same as before, the answers are all SQL Server words that you will be familiar with from your experience of working with SQL Server. It’s not easy and I’m not in the business of giving out clues. Crossword […]

Filed Under: SQL Server Community Tagged With: Crossword

Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 06/08/10

August 8, 2010 by John Sansom 2 Comments

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy! SQL Server Links So I Got Promoted, Now What? Employ the Same Successful Tactics – […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links for the week 30/07/10

July 30, 2010 by John Sansom 2 Comments

I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss out on posts by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also receive this Blog feed via Email. Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy! SQL Server Links Alternative to restoring to a point in TIME – Another fantastic post this week […]

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SQL Server Crossword #1

July 26, 2010 by John Sansom 12 Comments

It’s been ages since I originally posted this way way back when I first started this blog. It proved a popular post back then and so I wanted to share it with all of you new readers. I’m toying with the idea of making puzzles, games, and quizzes a more regular feature so if this is something […]

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