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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 27/04/12

April 27, 2012 by John Sansom 2 Comments

I hope you’ve had a great week.

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

SQL Server Links

  • Modifying Tables Online – Part 3: Example With Error Handling – Here’s Part 3 of this excellent series from Michael J. Swart (Blog|Twitter).
  • Less Is More, Even With Databases – Talking data philosophy it’s Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter).
  • SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups in AWS – Cloud considerations and what they mean for SQL2012 from Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter).
  • Understanding LOB data (2008/2008R2 & 2012) – Interesting LOB data internals from Kimberly Tripp (Blog|Twitter), who’s been blogging MIA for a while. Be sure to click through to the original posts that sparked the discussions to get the full picture.
  • SQL Server Builds (April 2012) – A handy script for identifying your upgrade path based on your current SQL version, courtesy of Neil Hambly(Blog|Twitter).
  • Backup Database Object – A dose of PowerSell magic from Chad Miller (Blog|Twitter).
  • 6 Little Known Things That Can Cause Big Performance Issues – All good advice here that each and EVERY DBA should take note of from Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter).
  • Video – How to Test Availability Groups in SQL Server 2012 – Another video walk-through from the PLF crew this week, with your host Kendra Little (Blog|Twitter).
  • Connection to readable secondary fails when login SIDs are different – Troubleshooting insights for the DBA looking to SQL 2012 administration, courtesy of Microsoft SQLCAT (Blog).
  • Distribution Agent is blocking users on Subscriber – Replication troubleshooting master class stuff here from the Microsoft SQL Server Replication Support Team(Blog).
  • New White Paper: SQL Server Extended Events and Notifications – Kevin Kline(Blog|Twitter) shared this whitepaper written by Jason Strate (Blog|Twitter).

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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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