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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 09/08/13

August 9, 2013 by John Sansom 4 Comments

Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

It’s Something For The Weekend(SFTW) time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been a tad quieter in the SQL community of late. No not because I’ve been slacking off dear reader but because I needed to focus my efforts in on a single goal in order […]

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SQL Server Crossword #5

August 6, 2013 by John Sansom 1 Comment

Test your SQL Server knowledge in a fun and unique way with this exclusive crossword.

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 26/07/13

July 26, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Technology Stuff. Enjoy…. SQL Server Links Many Masters, One Truth – “It’s the application requirements that dictate the database platform, not the database platform that dictates application features.” – Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter) How to Find ‘Secret […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 19/07/13

July 20, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! This lighter weekly round-up is coming to you slightly later than usual, having myself been away these past few days due to some excellent news. Yesterday I attended my brothers graduation ceremony. The clever chap only went an achieved a first class honors in the […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 12/07/13

July 12, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

Lemon Drizzle Cake

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server Links, community news and technology banter by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also Get posts delivered direct to your Inbox free via Email. Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 28/06/13

June 28, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

Wimbledon

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Technology Stuff. Enjoy…. SQL Server Links Troubleshooting: Tempdb Contention – Discussing one of the most common SQL Server performance problems and why it has nothing to do with I/O, it’s Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter). Optimize for… […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 21/06/13

June 21, 2013 by John Sansom 2 Comments

FirstDayOfSummer

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server Links, community news and technology banter by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also Get posts delivered direct to your Inbox free via Email. Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 14/06/13

June 14, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Technology Stuff. Enjoy…. SQL Server Links SQL Server Standard Edition High Availability Futures – With Database Mirroring on the deprecation path should you be worried? Glenn Berry (Blog|Twitter) via SQLServerPerformance.com Hello Operator, My Switch Is […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 07/06/13

June 7, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

SQLBrit Recommends - The Phoenix Project

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! If you were expecting to receive the awesome SFTW post via email today and are wondering why it has not arrived, please see the following post: Reminder – Email Subscribers – Action Required Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Technology […]

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Reminder – Email Subscribers – Action Required

June 4, 2013 by John Sansom

Click me to get posts via email each week

This is a super quick post to remind you that following Google’s decision to withdraw investment in the FeedBurner platform, I will be migrating to the AWeber broadcasting solution. Existing email subscribers should follow these simple instructions to ensure you continue to receive content.

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 31/05/13

May 31, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! IMPORTANT: This weekly links round-up is moving to a new home. Following Google’s decision to withdraw investment in the FeedBurner platform, I will be migrating to the AWeber broadcasting solution. As a paid for service, this does mean there’s a cost to me but I believe […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 24/05/13

May 23, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

Click me to get posts via email each week

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! The holiday weekend is fast approaching for many of you and so the weekly links round-up is coming at you a day early. Whatever you’ve got planned, have a great weekend, cheers. Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Technology Stuff. […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 17/05/13

May 17, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server Links, community news and technology banter by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also Get posts delivered direct to your Inbox free via Email. Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 10/05/13

May 10, 2013 by John Sansom 2 Comments

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Back in Blighty after a fantastic few weeks in Florida. We enjoyed our first week at the Saddlebrooke Tennis Academy. Training 5 hours a day in the Florida sun is not easy but great fun! Look out for me at Wimbledon this year. Here’s your […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 19/04/13

April 19, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Technology Stuff. Enjoy…. SQL Server Links Geoflow? Is that it, Microsoft? – Jamie Thomson(Blog|Twitter) How expensive are column-side Implicit Conversions? – Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter) How Much Cache Do You Have? – Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter) Easy automation of SQL Server database […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 12/04/13

April 12, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! I’m going to be taking a short hiatus in the coming weeks and I was wondering if some of you chaps might be interested in holding the fort in my absence? If you would like to guest post the weekly links round up here (on Friday […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 05/04/13

April 5, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

Chelsea Bunns

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server Links, community news and technology banter by Subscribing to the Blog Feed. You can also Get posts delivered direct to your Inbox free via Email. Less chat more links this week. Some of you may even […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 29/03/13

March 28, 2013 by John Sansom 3 Comments

EasterBunnyDog

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! We’re here a day early! Thursday is the new Friday this week chaps and I wanted to make sure you still got to enjoy a weekly post round-up. Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server Links, community news and technology banter […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 22/03/13

March 22, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

Jaffa Cakes

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Technology Stuff. Enjoy…. SQL Server Links Writing CASE expressions properly when NULLs are involved – 3 state logic and why it’s important you understand it from Mladen Prajdic (Blog|Twitter) this week. Tracking SQL Server Database […]

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 15/03/13

March 15, 2013 by John Sansom

Google Reader to Shut Down

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week! The news this week that Google Reader is shutting down means that RSS consumers need to start looking for an alternative way to enjoy your favourite subscriptions, including SFTW. Of course the best way to make sure you get to enjoy every single post as soon […]

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