Score: 5/5 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 High-Performance T-SQL Using Window Functions Author: Itzik Ben-Gan 244 pages Publisher: Microsoft Press, May 2012 Buy on Amazon: Paperback , Kindle ITBookworm Score: 5/5 Anyone who knows me knows the truth: I’m a Ben-Gan fan, and for good reason. Itzik has a consistently understandable and concise writing style. He simplifies...
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This post is reblogged with permission from Grant Fritchey’s June 26 blog. Grant just published a brand-spanking-new book (that we’ve really been looking forward to), and he experienced some very unexpected and interesting problems with one distributor… First off, I apologize. As if writing...
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Book announcement of SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning. Bottom line: Go get it! Author: Grant Fritchey (Twitter, blog) 532 pages Publisher: Apress (June 2012) Buy on Amazon: Paperback (Update: The Amazon printing errors have been fixed!*) ITBookworm Score: TBD You may remember author and MVP...
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Quick Review: Logitech Wireless Trackball M570 Score (so far): 4.5/5 Trackball mice are out of favor with the majority of IT folk, which is a little ironic…considering they’re supposed to help ease the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, a very common IT handicap. I...
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This review is a reprint by permission from Jes Borland’s LessThanDot.com blog Book Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals Score: 4.5/5 Author: Kalen Delaney, Paul Randal, Kimberly Tripp, Conor Cunningham, Adam Machanic Pages: 784 Publisher: Microsoft Press, March 2009 Buy...
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It’s 10 days till Christmas (or the otherly- or non-denominated holiday event of your choosing), and we still have a few online shopping days left. We figure you just might be needing some last minute gift ideas, so here’s a roundup of our favorite...
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