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

March 15, 2013 by John Sansom

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week!

Google Reader to Shut Down

Google Reader to be Shut Down

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 as it’s published is to Subscribe to free post delivery by Email.

I would recommend that you start considering alternative RSS Readers now so that you don’t get caught out when Google Reader is shut down. The following article over on LifeHacker looks at some alternative readers, as well as provides instruction on how you can migrate your existing subscriptions to your new Reader of choice.

Personally I like to use Feedly for consuming content, particularly on the iPad. It looks fantastic and has a glossy magazine feel to it but I will need to find a more robust and similar alternative to Google Reader for content curation, such as creating this weekly post for you lot. What feed Reader will you be choosing?

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

SQL Server Links

  • Filegroups and Non-Clustered Indexes – Demonstrating why your non-clustered indexes might not be stored where you think, it’s Rob Farley (Blog|Twitter).
  • Databases Five Years from Today – Predicting your future this week from Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter). Are you on the right path?
  • A TOP Query – An excellent and insightful T-SQL walk-through from Rob Farley (Blog|Twitter),  looking at query optimization considerations around the use of the TOP operator filtered with a function.
  • Log Shipping Part 2: When Disaster Strikes (video) – Part 2 of this excellent video series looking at Log Shipping, from Jes Borland (Blog|Twitter).
  • Administering Sql Server 2012 Running On Windows Server Core – Don’t be a wuss! Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter) on why you need to quit being afraid and start getting to grips with Windows Server Core.
  • Moving A Database to New Storage With No Downtime – A fantastic, well written post from Bob Pusateri (Blog|Twitter) and part of this months T-SQL Tuesday theme.
  • Query Optimization Research Papers – A valuable collection of references and good reading from Benjamin Nevarez (Blog|Twitter).
  • So You Think You’re a SQL MCM. Test yourself Part 1 – So you fancy your chances as a SQL Server MCM? Bob Duffy (Blog|Twitter) provides this litmus test.
  • SQL Server Table Designer Bug with Filtered Unique Index – Adrian Hills (Blog|Twitter) uncovers a bug when working with the SSMS Table Designer. If this presents a problem for you too then be sure to vote for the Connect item.
  • Creating a Clustered DTC for SQL Server Redux – Allan Hirt (Blog|Twitter) extends his initial instruction, refining for those with servers already in Production.
  • Use PowerShell and Conditional Formatting to Format Dates – Some PowerShell magic courtesy of the Scripting Guy.

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Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

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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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