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Something for the weekend: SQL Server Links (Xmas Edition)

December 25, 2009 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

I hope you’ve had a great week.

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

SQL Server Links

  • Delimited String Tennis Anyone? – An interesting look at the performance implications of using XML to process delimited string data resulting from a derived column cast. Brad Schulz discusses.
  • Those Four Little Words – A somewhat philosophical discussion from Thomas LaRock (SQLRockstar) about the importance of knowing what you don’t know.
  • Whitepaper About Star Join Optimizations – Here’s a little Christmas treat for some of you BI chaps in the form of newly available White Paper concentrating on techniques for optimizing your Datawarehouses.
  • So you want to write a Storage Engine… – A detailed beginners list from Paul Randal, outlining what you need to know to get started writing your very own storage engine. Any takers?
  • SQL University: The Basics of Storage – The next lesson in the SQL University syllabus here from Brent Ozar. Have you enrolled?
  • Find Missing SQL Dependencies – Nifty little script here, courtesy of Michale J Swart, for assisting with Finding Missing SQL Dependencies.
  • DBMail has Suddenly Stopped Working – See what those clever chaps over at Microsoft Customer Support have been working on.
  • Greatest weakness – Here is an insightful little look at  Gail Shaw’s thoughts on this themed post that’s been doing the rounds.
  • World’s Largest SQL Server Implementation? – A very interesting look at the worlds largest SQL Server Implementation.
  • It’s Data Tier Application and Data Application Component – A brief look at the new secondary meaning for the acronyms DAC and DTA

Misc Techie Stuff

Should You Get a Netbook Computer? – Glenn Berry looks at the new kit on the market.

That’s it for this week. If I’ve missed anything that you think is worth mentioning then be sure to let me know. Fire me an email or a tweet on Twitter. Happy Holidays!

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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