Links You Should’ve Clicked Last Week – Monday, September 14, 2009

Last week, I started a new recurring them - Links You Should've Clicked Last Week. This week I'm still playing catch-up with the hundreds of links that I've collected over the past few months. Some of the links below are from last week while others are months old. Who cares - they are good links worth checking out!

Database Related

Codd's 12 rules - what are the rules that you have to follow if you want to be considered a relational database?
Did You Know IN Can Do This? - I didn't know this and thought it was awesomely creative
Understanding How Restore and Recovery of Backups Work in SQL Server
Dear Vendor - an open letter from Mike Hillwig to all vendors using his SQL Server

Programming Related

How to Become a Good C# Programmer (Part 1 of a 10 part series)
Unusual software bugs - I found this page after reading an article that talked about a heisenbug (which I'd never heard of yet the author assumed everyone knew what this was).
Why Should I Learn a Functional Language? - Not technically the title of the post (the actual title is "Why F#?") but, to me, this was a great section.
How to validate an email address - Too many programmers get this wrong - joe_hominy+techurbia@gmail.com is a valid email but all too often is rejected...