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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 17/05/13

May 17, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

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

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

SQL Server Links

  • Top 3 Performance Killers For Linked Server Queries – Some great advice from Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter). No.1 was news to me and I’ll be double checking for this issue/oversight in my environments.
  • 1TB Databases for Developers [Video] – Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) shares his favourite lessons for developers who work with either OLTP or data warehouses.
  • Five Ways to Improve Your Productivity with SSMS – Always on the look out for productivity tips, here’s some time saving suggestions for a tool many of us use daily courtesy of Matan Yungman (Blog|Twitter).
  • Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due – Thoughts on community from Chris Yates(Blog|Twitter).
  • SQL Server–Storage Spaces/VHDx and 4K Sector Size – The CSS SQL Server Engineers (Blog) continuing their series on SQL Server Storage Spaces/VHD considerations.
  • INSERT SELECT is Broken. Ask Microsoft to Fix It. – Adam Machanic (Blog|Twitter) asks for your support.
  • Developers and Reporting Services – You know you’re in for a good day at the office when a Developer shares this piece of art with you.
  • Monitoring SSD Performance – Getting all SMART with Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter).
  • SQL Server: joining NULL values – An interesting look at how to implement the ANSI condition IS NOT DISTINCT FROM in SQL Server from a mysterious chap by the name of Quassnoi.
  • Cannot Replicate “Stored Procedure Execution” when CDC is Enabled – Microsoft SQL Server Replication Support Team(Blog) share details of a limitation By Design that CDC users should take note of.
  • The Basics of SQL Server Execution Plans (video) – In this video Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter) shares the concepts of reading SQL Server Execution Plans for beginners.
  • SqlDev PowerShell 101: Getting Started with PowerShell – Taking those first few steps with PowerShell can seem daunting but as with most things, it’s easy once you know how. Here’s Michelle Ufford(Blog|Twitter) with a helping hand to get you off to a good start.

Misc. Technology Posts

  • 6 Tech Trends of the Far Future – Inc.com
  • Why I’m Tolerating the Surface Pro – Brent Ozar
  • Google reveals Play Music All Access subscription service – BBC News Technology
  • BlackBerry Messenger unleashed: Look out Twitter and Facebook – TheRegister
  • Google Glass – cool or creepy? – BBC News Technology

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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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