SQL Server Samples : Open Source

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.

SQL Server 2008 (Katmai) October 2009 Samples Refresh 3 Available

bonniefe — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:08:00 GMT

SQL Server 2008 (Katmai) October 2009 Samples Refresh 3 is now available.

SQL Server 2008 (Katmai) Product Samples Refresh 3 is now live at http://sqlserversamples.codeplex.com/. There are numerous bug fixes and a new sample, RSPermissions which demonstrates how to write an application which manages Reporting Services permissions via the Reporting Services Web Service API. There is also a refresh of the AdventureWorks family of sample databases at http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/. There are no changes to the databases themselves, but the installers have been improved.

SQL Server 2008R2 (KJ) samples and sample databases are not yet available. We are working on that and we'll announce when they are ready in this blog.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.

The transition to community based development

bonniefe — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:49:00 GMT

The times they are a changin'

When I first started working on code to share with the SQL Community that code shipped in the box with very little community participation. Over the years my job has changed and so has the processes we use to create open source samples and tools that we share with you. So much has changed, much of it in the last few months. We now keep our master sources for all samples on CodePlex itself, rather than publishing the source code to CodePlex. We now also keep all our bugs on CodePlex as work items. Instead of scattering forums across many different CodePlex projects, we now have a single samples forum (http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/sqlserversamples/threads) where all open source issues related to SQL Server can be and are being discussed. I'm very excited about these changes because they raise the level of interaction among many diverse community members both within and outside of Microsoft, and in my book that is a very good thing. This approach also provides much more transparency into what we are doing, and gives community members much more opportunity (if you choose to participate) in what we do together.

Thank you all very much for your help in building a vibrant SQL Server community.