eek! The Training Kits which are so well done just got a new addition – The SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit. Visit Roger’s blog for details. In a nutshell…

The material is organized into several feature areas:

• Spatial Support provides an overview of the new spatial data types that allow for the creation, comparison, analysis, and retrieval of spatial data.
• FILESTREAM describes how SQL Server 2008 enables the storage of binary large object (BLOB) data as files on the file system in a manner that ensures transactional consistency with the database.
• CLR introduces the common language runtime integration feature and describes new support for nullable types and additional .NET Framework libraries supported in SQL Server 2008.
• Reporting Services highlights enhancements to SQL Server Reporting Services including the new Report Builder 2.0 authoring tool.
• Date and Time introduces the new ANSI standard compatible data types that provide increased range and accuracy.
• T-SQL shows several new language enhancements including table-valued parameters, row constructors, grouping sets, and the MERGE statement.

Great stuff, digging in myself!

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