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It’s the final links round-up before the SQL PASS Summit and I’m having a Friday afternoon panic trying to get everything done before I head off to Seattle. A hat tip goes to Chris McGowan (Blog|Twitter) for manning the fort whilst I was away on vacation. He did a sterling job as your host.
Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy!
SQL Server Links
- CloudSeeder: CLR Stored Procedures For Creating CPU Pressure – Not for use in Production! A handy tool from Adam Machanic (Blog|Twitter) that allows you simulate CPU pressure for SQL Server testing.
- When the going gets tough, the tough hide under the table – What with Hurricane Sandy being a big talking point, DR is also a hot topic. Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter) sharing some advice. [Got Billy Ocean on the brain?]
- Our Favorite (and Least Favorite) PASS Summit Moments [Video] – Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) and team talk about their previous PASS Summit experiences and how you can get the most from your own time at the Summit.
- What caused that plan to go horribly wrong – should you update statistics? – A classic problem scenario from Kimberly Tripp (Blog|Twitter) and sharing the variety of methods that you could use to solve it. The choice of which, well of course it depends.
- Cardinality Estimation Bug with Lookups – Paul White (Blog|Twitter) demonstrates why you should watch out for poor cardinality estimates when a predicate is applied as part of a lookup.
- How To Quit Quitting – Don’t even bother to start? Of course not! Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter) with some professional development wisdom for you.
- Measuring “Observer Overhead” of SQL Trace vs. Extended Events – This question gets asked a lot. Here with the evidence is Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter) via SQLPerformance.com
- Don’t Be That PASS Summit Guy – Advice on what not to say at the PASS Simmit courtesy of Robert L. Davis(Blog|Twitter) and I’m pretty sure he really means it.
- Stored procedures, recompilation and .NetRocks – Another great performance tuning post from Kimberly Tripp (Blog|Twitter).
- Triggers On Views? What For? – Michael J. Swart (Blog|Twitter) explains in this excellent walk-through.
- Trade Offs: Code Quality – Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter) discusses paying down your technical debt. Where do you draw the line?
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Misc Technology Posts
- Why I’m Returning My Microsoft Surface RT – Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter)
- Microsoft Surface RT Review – Glenn Berry (Blog|Twitter)
- UK’s first 4G mobile service launched in 11 cities by EE – BBC News Technology
- A history of personal computing in 20 objects – TheRegister
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Have a great weekend!
