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Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy!
SQL Server Links
- Non use of persisted data – Discoveries from a recent client engagement, Dave Ballantyne (Blog|Twitter) demonstrates how a persisted column may not always be chosen by the optimizer.
- T-SQL Script for Estimating Compression Savings – A handy T-SQL script shared courtesy of Michelle Ufford(Blog|Twitter).
- SQL Server and Soft NUMA – Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter) continues his excellent post series on NUMA technology and it’s application within SQL Server.
- T-SQL Tuesday #19 – Beyond Backups – Talking on this months theme it’s Robert L. Davis(Blog|Twitter).
- Dipping My Toes Into SQL Azure – Part 2 – Protection Mechanisms – CSS SQL Server Engineers (Blog)
- Resolving Conflicts in the Database – The Replication technology debate is up for discussion this week by Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter). Replication can be an awesome technology but it must be integrated with the complete application platform design in order to ensure you don’t run into trouble.
- Rebind and Rewind in Execution Plans – I’m sure you’ve seen these mentioned in your execution plans but do you know what they actually mean? Grant Fritchey (Blog|Twitter) explains.
- Rankings Updated – Updating his very own chart of the Top SQL Server bloggers in our community, it’s Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter). This is a great resource to find out which SQL Server bloggers you should be following.
- Enforcing Business Rules Vs. Avoiding Triggers: Which Is Better? – The business logic debate continues, Michael J. Swart (Blog|Twitter) discusses.
- You Probably Already Have a “Private Cloud” – This week Buck Woody (Blog|Twitter) proclaims that many of us are in fact already leveraging the power of the Cloud and that we may not know it just yet.
- Service Broker, not ETL – An interesting discussion of a recent customer project with a difference, that Jamie Thomson(Blog|Twitter) worked on.
UK SQL Server Upcoming Events
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- LONDON – Mon 20 Jun – Multi Day Seminar – SQLskills Immersion Event on Internals and Performance – 5 day event 20th June – 25th June
- Tue 21 Jun – SQLskills hosts in London: Tips for Query Tuning with SQL Sentry Plan Explorer and More!
- Wed 22 Jun – Fusion-io will present: SQL at the speed of FLASH
- LONDON – Tue Jun 21 – London UG meeting on BI topics including spatial data support & other topic (TBC)
- EDINBURGH – Thu 23 Jun – Scottish Area User Group Meeting
- READING – 27 – 28 June – Microsoft Business Intelligence – Discover SQL Server “Denali” with SSAS (Days 1-2)
- KENT – Tue 5 July – A SqlServer focused event with not one but two sql server MVPs. Tony Rogerson & Chris Testa-O’Neill
- SOUTHAMPTON – Wed Jul 6 – SQL User group evening of Matt Whitfield (@atlantis_uk) and Alex Whittles (@PurpleFrogSys)
- CARDIFF – Thu Jul 14 – Cardiff User Group. Agenda TBA
- LONDON – Fri 15 Jul – SQL in the City
- LONDON – September 12 – 14 – Advanced SQL Server Troubleshooting Workshop
Misc Technology Posts
- LulzSec hackers claim CIA website shutdown
- Man says he lost $500,000 in virtual currency heist
- Facebook denies losing users
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 onTwitter(@JohnSansom).
