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Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Technology Stuff. Enjoy….
From the SQL Server blogs
- Worst Day of a DBAs Life – Grant Fritchey (Blog|Twitter)
- End of Mainstream support for SQL Server 2008 and R2 – SQL Release Services Blog
- SQL Server 2005 survey from the SQL Server Team – Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter)
- Oracle Terminology for the SQL Server DBA – Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter)
- SSIS Lookup transformation in T-SQL – Rob Farley (Blog|Twitter)
- SQL Server Quickie #15 – Merge Join Operator – Klaus Aschenbrenner (Blog|Twitter)
- Which One’s Better? – Tracy McKibben(Blog|Twitter)
- An Introduction To SSIS ETL Frameworks Part 1 – Chris Adkin (Blog|Twitter)
- Planning Failover Cluster Node Sizing – FCNLB Team Blog (Blog)
- Slow query using non-deterministic user defined function – CSS Engineers (Blog)
Other Stuff Worth Reading
- Google Makes Us Dumb. You Won’t Believe What Happens Next
- Brazil defeat breaks Twitter records
- The 3 Step Guide to Loving Your Job — Any Job
- Say goodbye to the noughties: Yesterday’s hi-fi biz is BUSTED, bro
If you have an idea for the weekly links post, general feedback or just want fancy a chat then get in touch. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.
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