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]]> By: David Edwards http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262763 David Edwards Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:42:47 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262763 Thanks Jason and Dan, those are excellent! @Joe: It's true, you and I have no <em>quid pro quo</em>. In fact, your blog is fairly new to me, and I added it to my comment without even knowing it was yours. I've added a little formatting to these comments -- I figured that if you're contributing, I can at least pretty up your comments as I did my own. Keep 'em coming, and I'll keep prettying and publishing them. Thanks Jason and Dan, those are excellent!

@Joe: It’s true, you and I have no quid pro quo. In fact, your blog is fairly new to me, and I added it to my comment without even knowing it was yours.

I’ve added a little formatting to these comments — I figured that if you’re contributing, I can at least pretty up your comments as I did my own.

Keep ‘em coming, and I’ll keep prettying and publishing them.

]]> By: Jason Massie http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262667 Jason Massie Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:28:48 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262667 Most of these are coming off my google reader shared items which can be found here if you want more: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/09956560379006770135 <strong>Buck Woody</strong> throws out some testing #'s for SQL Server 2008 http://blogs.msdn.com/buckwoody/archive/2008/08/21/katmai-test-statistics.aspx <strong>Aaron B.</strong> talks about his SQL Server vNext wishlist: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2008/08/20/my-current-tools-wishlist-for-sql-server-2011.aspx <strong>Paul Randal</strong> gives another reason that clustering on a guid is a bad idea. http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/2008/08/20/CanGUIDClusterKeysCauseNonclusteredIndexFragmentation.aspx I put together a list of SQL People I follow on twitter. Doh, I forgot Paul! http://statisticsio.com/Home/tabid/36/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/217/Cool-SQL-People-that-I-Follow-on-Twitter.aspx <strong>Brent Ozar</strong> talk about SQL and P2V http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/08/sql-p2v-what-really-killed-the-dinosaurs/ He also has a nice post on shared vs. dedicated lun's. http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/08/sql-server-on-a-san-dedicated-or-shared-drives/ Oh and I do some filtered index vs. indexed view tests. http://statisticsio.com/Home/tabid/36/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/219/Filtered-Indexes-VS-Indexed-Views.aspx Most of these are coming off my google reader shared items which can be found here if you want more:
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/09956560379006770135

Buck Woody throws out some testing #’s for SQL Server 2008
http://blogs.msdn.com/buckwoody/archive/2008/08/21/katmai-test-statistics.aspx

Aaron B. talks about his SQL Server vNext wishlist:
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2008/08/20/my-current-tools-wishlist-for-sql-server-2011.aspx

Paul Randal gives another reason that clustering on a guid is a bad idea.
http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/2008/08/20/CanGUIDClusterKeysCauseNonclusteredIndexFragmentation.aspx

I put together a list of SQL People I follow on twitter. Doh, I forgot Paul!
http://statisticsio.com/Home/tabid/36/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/217/Cool-SQL-People-that-I-Follow-on-Twitter.aspx

Brent Ozar talk about SQL and P2V
http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/08/sql-p2v-what-really-killed-the-dinosaurs/

He also has a nice post on shared vs. dedicated lun’s.
http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/08/sql-server-on-a-san-dedicated-or-shared-drives/

Oh and I do some filtered index vs. indexed view tests.
http://statisticsio.com/Home/tabid/36/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/219/Filtered-Indexes-VS-Indexed-Views.aspx

]]> By: Dan Norris http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262649 Dan Norris Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:54:40 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262649 This isn't a new one, but I just found it this week and thought it was helpful--and news to me. It is about <a href="http://jarneil.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/applying-an-incremental-backup-to-a-physical-standby/" rel="nofollow">applying an inc backup to a physical standby database</a> by <strong>Jason Arneil</strong>. I also liked <strong>Paul's</strong> post on <a href="http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1177/outsourcing-vs-offshoring" rel="nofollow">Outsourcing vs. Offshoring</a>...an interesting view into the business side of making magic happen. This isn’t a new one, but I just found it this week and thought it was helpful–and news to me. It is about applying an inc backup to a physical standby database by Jason Arneil.

I also liked Paul’s post on Outsourcing vs. Offshoring…an interesting view into the business side of making magic happen.

]]> By: Joe Izenman http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262647 Joe Izenman Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:50:50 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262647 I promise that we did not have a secret alliance by which I praised a Pythian blog and then David tossed a SiteCrafting blog into his list in return. Really. I promise that we did not have a secret alliance by which I praised a Pythian blog and then David tossed a SiteCrafting blog into his list in return. Really.

]]> By: David Edwards http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262640 David Edwards Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:41:34 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262640 Thanks Joe. (I didn't put him up to it, I swear!) Here are a couple from me. <strong>Stefan Esser</strong> on <a href="http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/" rel="nofollow">MySQL and SQL Column Truncation Vulnerabilities</a>. Also covered in the SiteCrafting Blog's item on <a href="http://www.sitecrafting.com/blog/mysql-login-truncation" rel="nofollow">MySQL Login Truncation</a>. <strong>Mats Kindahl</strong> investigated <a href="http://mysqlmusings.blogspot.com/2008/08/using-protobuf-for-designing-and.html" rel="nofollow">Drizzle and Google's protobuf tool</a> ("...a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats.") <strong> John Russell</strong> looked at <a href="http://tahitiviews.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-plsql-could-be-more-like-python.html" rel="nofollow">How PL/SQL Could Be More Like Python</a>. Python happens to be my favourite language. I've been leaning on <strong>Steve Karam's</strong> <em>Ace, DBA</em> comics lately, so why stop now? This one is called <a href="http://www.orcldba.com/ace/2008/08/15/large-query-collider" rel="nofollow">Large Query Collider</a>. <strong>SQLDenis</strong> and his readers discussed how, <a href="http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DataDesign/only-in-a-database-can-you-get-1000-impr" rel="nofollow">Only In A Database Can You Get 1000% + Improvement By Changing A Few Lines Of Code</a>. On SQLBlogs, <strong>Joe Chang</strong> had a much-appreciated post on <a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/joe_chang/archive/2008/08/17/large-query-performance-from-sql-server-2000-to-2008-32-64-bit.aspx" rel="nofollow">Large Query Performance from SQL Server 2000 to 2008, 32 & 64-bit</a>. Thanks Joe. (I didn’t put him up to it, I swear!)

Here are a couple from me.

Stefan Esser on MySQL and SQL Column Truncation Vulnerabilities. Also covered in the SiteCrafting Blog’s item on MySQL Login Truncation.

Mats Kindahl investigated Drizzle and Google’s protobuf tool (”…a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats.”)

John Russell looked at How PL/SQL Could Be More Like Python. Python happens to be my favourite language.

I’ve been leaning on Steve Karam’s Ace, DBA comics lately, so why stop now? This one is called Large Query Collider.

SQLDenis and his readers discussed how, Only In A Database Can You Get 1000% + Improvement By Changing A Few Lines Of Code.

On SQLBlogs, Joe Chang had a much-appreciated post on Large Query Performance from SQL Server 2000 to 2008, 32 & 64-bit.

]]> By: Joe Izenman http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262626 Joe Izenman Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:04:25 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1181/log-buffer-111-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas#comment-262626 For my money one of the best recent articles has been <strong>Keith Murphy's</strong> rundown of the qualities of a good DBA (<a href=http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1169/what-makes-a-good-dba" rel="nofollow">http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1169/what-makes-a-good-dba</a> ). As I transition into a more formalized DBA role myself, it is good to see the things I am working on, be it hammering out our backup and recovery process or just reading documentation and books to further my own knowledge put out there by someone more experienced than I as the right things to do. It didn't spawn a lot of discussion, maybe because it is mostly common sense stuff, but still worth a read, especially for a newbie to the field. For my money one of the best recent articles has been Keith Murphy’s rundown of the qualities of a good DBA (http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1169/what-makes-a-good-dba ). As I transition into a more formalized DBA role myself, it is good to see the things I am working on, be it hammering out our backup and recovery process or just reading documentation and books to further my own knowledge put out there by someone more experienced than I as the right things to do.

It didn’t spawn a lot of discussion, maybe because it is mostly common sense stuff, but still worth a read, especially for a newbie to the field.

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