2014.04.02

   

SQL

   

• SQL Server 2014 Has Been Released

  http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2014/04/01/sql-server-2014-now-generally-available.aspx

  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server/

     

• Nasty day-1 bug causing page checksums to miss corruptions on 2008 R2/2012/2014 

  http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/nasty-day-1-bug-causing-page-checksums-miss-corruptions-2008-r220122014

     

• SQL Server 2014's new cardinality estimator (Part 1)

  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2014/04/01/sql-server-2014-s-new-cardinality-estimator-part-1.aspx

   

• Microsoft announces that it will no longer support SQL Server and that SQL 2014 was an April Fools Joke!

  http://www.toadworld.com/platforms/sql-server/b/weblog/archive/2014/04/01/microsoft-announces-that-it-will-no-longer-support-sql-server-and-that-sql-2014-was-an-april-fools-joke.aspx

   

• New Backup Behavior in SQL 2014

  http://www.toadworld.com/platforms/sql-server/b/weblog/archive/2014/04/01/new-backup-behavior-in-sql-2014.aspx

     

• Tuesday Tips: SQL Server Optimization

  http://www.toadworld.com/platforms/sql-server/b/weblog/archive/2014/04/01/tuesday-tips-sql-server-optimization.aspx

     

• DAX: Calculating different rates on user defined inputs

  http://www.toadworld.com/platforms/sql-server/b/weblog/archive/2014/04/01/dax-calculating-different-rates-on-user-defined-inputs.aspx