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A New Sample Database - SQLServerCentral
 * http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/142225/

Comment about what Sample Database to use: "If you want a significant amount of data to use in test I recommend the stack exchange database as detailed in this blog post:
 * http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1792427.aspx

https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2014/01/how-to-query-the-stackexchange-databases/"

2016-06-03
Accept Failure - Page 3 Interesting comment:
 * http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1255712-263-3.aspx
 * http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1791915.aspx

2016-06-02
Consuming JSON Formatted API Data in 2016 - SQLServerCentral
 * http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/JSON/141175/

I asked:
 * http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1791683.aspx

2016-05-31
EdVassie: Original author: SQL Server FineBuild 1-click install and best practice configuration of SQL Server 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008 and 2005. 11 May 2016: now over 37,000 downloads.


 * http://sqlserverfinebuild.codeplex.com/


 * source: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1790747.aspx

2016-05-27
How to drop a table if it exists in SQL Server? - Stack Overflow
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7887011/how-to-drop-a-table-if-it-exists-in-sql-server

Adam Machanic -I sent him a message about wikis
 * http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/

2016-05-24
Unified Approach to Generating Documentation for PowerShell Cmdlets
 * https://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/powershell/unified-approach-to-generating-documentation-for-powershell-cmdlets/

Web-Based Tracks Keeps Your GTD System in Order
 * http://lifehacker.com/5217246/web-based-tracks-keeps-your-gtd-system-in-order

2016-05-23
Database Hardware and Infrastructure Trends - SQLPerformance.com
 * http://sqlperformance.com/2016/04/system-configuration/database-hardware-infrastructure-trends

SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries
 * http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/glenn/sql-server-diagnostic-information-queries-for-may-2016/

Automatically Creating UML Database Diagrams for SQL Server
 * https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/sql-tools/automatically-creating-uml-database-diagrams-for-sql-server/

Edward Tufte forum: Sparkline theory and practice Edward Tufte
 * http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR

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