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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 06/01/12

January 6, 2012 by John Sansom 1 Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week!

Don’t miss out on your weekly fix of SQL Server Links, community news and technology banter. Subscribe to the Blog Feed now to ensure you catch all posts. You can also receive posts via Email.

Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy!

SQL Server Links

  • Implementing SQL Server solutions using Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects – An impressive collection of experience and insight packed into this article for you, courtesy of Jamie Thomson(Blog|Twitter).
  • DBA Survivor: Learning how to rock out with databases – This title from Thomas LaRock has been available for some time now but it’s something I consider a classic for the well rounded DBA. Here’s Mike Fal (Blog|Twitter) with his thoughts on the book.
  • The Art of the Execution Plan – Proof that being a DBA really is a beautiful thing, it’s Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter).
  • Survey results: How cluster key size can lead to GBs of wasted space – Sharing the results of his latest community survey, I give you Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter).
  • Forcing a Parallel Query Execution Plan – More fascinating query plan internals Paul White (Blog|Twitter)
  • DO YOU MAKE THESE 5 DATABASE DESIGN MISTAKES? – Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter)
  • Conor vs. SQL Azure/SQL Server 2012 – Find out whether or not your existing databases are compatable with what can be hosted right now on SQLAzure, courtesy of Connor Cunningham (Blog).
  • Notes on Scalability – Discussions of scale from Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter).

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Misc Technology Posts

  • Worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords
  • Boffins demo time-warp cloaking device
  • Google search home page revamp promotes other services
  • Official: File-sharing is a religion… in Sweden

Have you read a post this week that you think deserves a mention? Be sure to let me and other readers know by leaving a comment. You can also reach me on email and find me on Twitter(@JohnSansom).

Have a great weekend!

Filed Under: Link Posts, SQL Server Community

About John Sansom

I’m a Microsoft Certified Master(MCM) of SQL Server. I’ve been working with database technology in a variety of flavors for over fifteen years. I absolutely love what I do and genuinely feel privileged to be a part of our tremendous technology community. Got a question about SQL Server or being a DBA? Ask me!

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