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So I had some good, no, great news yesterday. Following my recent blog post with a public call to action for myself, delivered in typical SQLBrit low key style of course, finally it has all become a reality. As if there was ever any doubt! For the very first time folks I shall be heading to the PASS Summit and I cannot wait. See you there.
Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy!
SQL Server Links
- When Your DBA Job Sucks: The Phases of Burnout - Wow, this was like reading my own story in parts and I bet you can say the same to. A truly excellent post from Kendra Little (Blog|Twitter).
- Merge replication stopping without errors in SQL 2008 R2 - Wise advice from Rob Farley (Blog|Twitter), sharing that you don’t need to solve the problem in order to provide value.
- Why Doesn’t Partition Elimination Work? - You really are guaranteed to learn something of value from each and every post. Paul White (Blog|Twitter) here with another insightful walk-through.
- When I Use Nested Joins - Join Michael J. Swart (Blog|Twitter) for an excellent walk-through by example.
- How It Works: SQL Server AlwaysOn Lease Timeout - More expert insider knowledge on SQL 2012 courtesy of the CSS SQL Server Engineers (Blog).
- Timewarp: What Is a Relational Database? - We all think we know right but do we really know? Kevin Kline(Blog|Twitter) discusses here and be sure to read the post comments.
- 10 Things I Hate About Interviewing You - Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter) on why interviewing is like dating and how you might suck at both.
- The Ancient History of Microsoft SQL Server - A trip down memory lane, like only the older community folks can, it’s Kevin Kline(Blog|Twitter).
- Demystifying SQL Server Differential Database Backups - Back to basics with Wes Brown (Blog|Twitter) this week.
- How To: Right-Sizing The Datatypes Currently In The Buffer Pool - Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter)
- How SQL Server Works: Log File (Video) - This weeks video from the PLF Team, with your host Jes Borland (Blog|Twitter).
- Revisiting Inside Tempdb - A follow up on some left over details from a PASS summit presentation, more interesting insights from the CSS SQL Server Engineers (Blog).
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Misc Technology Posts
- Computer Crime, Then and Now - CodingHorror
- Apple iPhone 5 unveiled with taller screen and 4G - BBC News Technology – (I don’t know about you guys but I was very unimpressed by this release)
- EE to launch 4G mobile services in 16 UK cities in 2012 - BBC News Technology
- Humanity facing GLOBAL BACON SHORTAGE – The Register
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Have a great weekend!
