{"id":4444,"date":"2014-12-10T22:02:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T06:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/paul\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:41:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:41:10","slug":"sqlskills-holiday-gift-2013-insider-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sqlskills-holiday-gift-2013-insider-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"SQLskills holiday gift to you: all 2013 Insider videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we all wind down for the 2014 holiday season, we want to give the SQL Server community a holiday gift to say \u2018thank you\u2019 for all your support during 2014, and what better gift than more free content?!<\/p>\n

As many of you know, I publish a bi-weekly newsletter to more than 11,500 subscribers that contains an editorial on a SQL Server topic, a demo video, and a book review of my most recently completed book. We’re\u00a0making all the 2013 demo videos available \u00a0so\u00a0everyone can watch them\u00a0– 24 videos in all, WMV format only. I did the same thing the last few years for the\u00a02012 videos<\/a> and\u00a02011 videos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the details:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. January 2013: Recreating missing log files on attach\u00a0(from Pluralsight) (video<\/a>\u00a0| demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  2. January 2013: Using the\u00a0sys.dm_db_stats_properties DMV\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  3. February 2013: Using Microsoft Data Link\u00a0(video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  4. February 2013: Linked servers and statistics\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  5. March 2013: Using the system_health Extended Event session\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  6. March 2013: Moving from SQL Trace to Extended Events\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  7. April 2013: Color coding and other SSMS features\u00a0(video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  8. April 2013: DISTINCT aggregate improvements\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  9. May 2013: Using the tsql_stack Extended Event action\u00a0(from Pluralsight) (video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  10. May 2013: Deferred drop behavior\u00a0(from Pluralsight) (video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  11. June 2013: Finding duplicate statistics\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  12. June 2013: Using data compression\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  13. July 2013: Undetectable performance problems\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  14. July 2013: SSMS Object Explorer features\u00a0(video<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  15. August 2013: Parallel crash recovery (from Pluralsight)\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  16. August 2013: Tracking tempdb space usage\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  17. September 2013: Enabling instant file initialization\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  18. September 2013: Using query hashes\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  19. September 2013: Recovering from data purity corruptions (from Pluralsight)\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  20. October 2013: Implicit conversions\u00a0(from Pluralsight) (video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  21. October 2013: Extended Events templates\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  22. November 2013: Using the missing index DMVs\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  23. November 2013: Using older backups to retrieve data after corruption (from Pluralsight)\u00a0(video<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>demo code<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  24. December 2013: Enabling database mail\u00a0(video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you want to see the 2014 videos before next December, get all the newsletter back-issues, and follow along as the newsletters come out, just sign-up at\u00a0http:\/\/www.SQLskills.com\/Insider<\/a>. No strings attached, no marketing or advertising, just free content.<\/p>\n

    Happy Holidays and enjoy the videos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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