SQL Server Samples : CTP

AdventureWorks Community Sample Databases available for SQL Azure

bonniefe — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:06:00 GMT

It is a delight to announce the availability of the AdventureWorks Community Sample Databases for SQL Azure. You can download the scripts and data files from CodePlex. To install the databases on your SQL Azure server just follow the directions on the release page at CodePlex or in the ReadMe.htm file which is included in the zip file.

The scripts and data files in the zip file can be used to create the data warehouse (DW) and light (LT) sample databases in a SQL Azure server without SQL Server or Visual Studio being installed on the machine performing the installation. Currently the AdventureWorks OLTP database is not supported for SQL Azure and is not included in the zip file.

Code Samples for SQL Server 2008R2 November CTP available

bonniefe — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:36:00 GMT

It is a delight to announce that SQL Server 2008R2 November CTP3 code samples are now posted to CodePlex at http://sqlserversamples.codeplex.com/. The wiki pages have been updated to reflect the availability of the new sample code installers. These installers join the already released AdventureWorks Sample Databases for KJ on CodePlex and complete the sample work for SQL Server 2008R2 November CTP.

Thanks for your contribution to creating a vibrant developer community for SQL Server.

--Bonnie

SQL Server 2008R2 Sample Databases Updated

bonniefe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:00 GMT

The AdventureWorks sample databases for SQL Server 2008R2 have been updated and are available at http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=24854. This version includes both the AdventureWorks 2008R2 schema and data, and the original AdventureWorks schema and data which shipped with SQL Server 2005. With this one installation package you get the databases you'll need to run most samples, and also the databases you can use to explore the new features in SQL Server 2008. Several bugs have been fixed including one community submitted one. The installer now functions better when there are multiple instances of SQL Server with different SQL Server versions. Please try the latest installer out and let us know what you think on the Community Sample forums at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/sqlserversamples/. Thanks!

--Bonnie

AdventureWorks 2008R2 November CTP is now live on CodePlex!

bonniefe — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:31:00 GMT

The AdventureWorks 2008R2 November CTP sample databases are now live on CodePlex at http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=24854! This is a beta quality release. We’re still addressing some relatively minor issues that came up during testing, but we feel that the sample databases will be very helpful to have now that SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP is available on MSDN, so we’re publishing what we have so far. We’ll be addressing some issues and looking carefully at feedback as we work our next update for SQL Server 2008R2.

Here are the key improvements we have delivered with this release compared with SQL Server 2008:

· All dates have been incremented by 4 years. This is a requested change and helps keep the data looking relevant.

· Product descriptions in the data warehouse have been localized into 73 new languages. A new table has been added to store this new localized content.

· Scripts have been updated to use new names for the databases (AdventureWorks2008R2, AdventureWorksDW2008R2, AdventureWorksLT2008R2) so that the updated databases can live side by side with the SQL Server 2008 sample databases.

· A new approach to installing the databases has been implemented. This approach provides more targeted feedback when issues (such as an incorrectly configured server) arise and provides links to detailed help. It addresses some issues folks have had with previous installers.

Please let us know what you think of the new installer. If folks feel it is better than the previous installer then we can reissue the SQL Server 2008 sample databases using this same technology. Note that you can install the SQL Server 2008R2 sample databases on SQL Server 2008 if you wish.

The AdventureWorks 2008 Family of Sample Databases

bonniefe — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:43:00 GMT

There is a new AdventureWorks family of sample databases available for SQL Server 2008 February CTP at https://www.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=MSFTDBProdSamples. The AdventureWorks 2008 family of databases demonstrates some of the new features of SQL Server 2008. This family of databases can only be used with SQL Server 2008 and will not install successfully for earlier versions of SQL Server. The original AdventureWorks family continues to ship for SQL Server 2008, so you have a choice of staying with the compatible schema or trying out the new SQL Server 2008 features depending on which installers you download. The installers for the AdventureWorks 2008 family all have 2008 in their names. See the link above for additional details.

Right now most samples are compatible with the AdventureWorks family not the AdventureWorks 2008 family. As samples are migrated to the new schema the readmes for the samples will be updated and sample and snippets scripts will have statements like USE AdventureWorks2008 in them instead of USE AdventureWorks.

SQL Server 2008 Samples February CTP now live at CodePlex!

bonniefe — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:21:00 GMT

SQL Server 2008 February CTP is now live on http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/default.mspx. With this wonderful, feature packed CTP we also have some great companion samples and sample databases which you can find at our portal page: http://CodePlex.com/SqlServerSamples. The readme for this sample release is located at http://www.codeplex.com/SqlServerSamples/Wiki/View.aspx?title=SQLServerDatabasesandSamplesOverview. There are lots of new OLE DB and ODBC samples, and the SSIS tutorials are back. See the readme and the individual projects on CodePlex (http://www.codeplex.com/MSFTDPProdSamples/ and http://www.codeplex.com/MSFTISProdSamples/). There are also lots of new cool community projects featured on our portal page. SQL Server 2005 samples and sample databases are also still available. Just be sure to click on SQL Server 2005 SP2a when you use the Releases tab to download the samples and sample databases because the default release is SQL Server 2008.

We welcome feedback in the discussion forums in each CodePlex project, or via http://connect.microsoft.com/. Thank you for participating in the Microsoft SQL Server community.