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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 08/04/11

April 8, 2011 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week!

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I’ll be at SQLBits 8 this weekend in Brighton. It’s going to be a fantastic weekend packed full of SQL content and I hope to see you there.

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

SQL Server Links

  • When Does Trustworthy Get Reset on a Mirror? – Some excellent DBA advice from Database Mirring expert Robert L. Davis(Blog|Twitter).
  • Beware of advice from 3rd-party tools around dropping indexes – Some advice from Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter) on acting on indexing recommendations proposed by 3rd Party Tools .
  • Installing Who is Active (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 4 of 30) – If you are not already using the awesome sp_WhoIsActive as part of your DBA toolkit then you should be ashamed because you’re missing a trick. This post is part of an excellent series currently underway by Adam Machanic (Blog|Twitter) looking at the design of this awesome procedure.
  • SQL University – Performance Tuning Week – Here’s this weeks lesson from SQLRockstar Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter).
  • Survey results: Common causes of performance problems – No amazing insights this time around from Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter) but were the results as you expected? Be sure to also take part in his next survey that looks at what’s your company doing for you, and vice versa?
  • Ten Years – With his second post of the week, it’s a truly inspirational real life tale shared here from Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter). Who knows where your story will take you?
  • SQL Server 2008 R2 Hangs on VMWare Server environment – She’s been a bit quiet of late, could this be a return to blogging form with this excellent DBA tip from
    Janice Lee (Blog|Twitter).
  • Stop database backup information from appearing in the Error Log – This is a great tip and is one that I have used in the environment I care for. Check out more DBA tips from
    Pradeep Adiga (Blog|Twitter).
  • 5 Tips for Attending conferences – Perfectly timed for SQLBits this weekend, here’s some excellent tips from Adrian Hills (Blog|Twitter) on how to make the most of your conference experience.
  • Documenting Your SQL Agent Jobs – Everyone knows that The Best Database Administrators Document Everything and Brad Schulz (Blog) knows this, sharing a most brilliant method for documenting SQL Agent jobs.
  • Updated Overlapping Statistics Scripts – An excellent script for your DBA toolbox here courtesy of Kendal Van Dyke (Blog|Twitter).

UK SQL Server Upcoming Events

  • SQLBits 8 – 7th – 9th April – Europe’s biggest SQL Server event will be at he seaside this time around. Only a few place remain now
  • SOUTHAMPTON – Wed 13 April – User group evening of Neil Hambly.
  • LEEDS – Wed 11 May – Leeds UG meeting – Resource Govenor and Policy Based Management with Chris Testa-O’Neill
  • SOUTHAMPTON – Wed 11 May – User group evening of TBA.
  • MANCHESTER – Thu 12 May – Planning for Stored Procedures with Munsoor Negyal and another speaker- Thursday night meeting at BSS
  • SOUTHAMPTON – Wed 8 Jun – User group evening of TBA.

Misc Technology Posts

  • Brain waves from thoughts of sounds used to move cursor
  • Classic Commodore 64 lives again
  • British bank shuts website until April 2012

That’s it for this week. What was your favourite post? If I’ve missed anything that you think deserves a mention then be sure to let me know! You can leave your comments below, send me an email and find me on Twitter(@JohnSansom).

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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