Just a quick reminder that Rob will be back up in Belfast on Monday evening to give a talk to the NIMTUG User Group on SQL Server 2005. I've included the overview below, but you can register or find out more at: http://nimtug.org/11-april-2005.aspx.

In the meantime, hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!

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SQL Server 2005

When: Monday 11th April 2005 @ 19:30-21:00

Where: Queens University, Peter Froggatt Centre, Room 302, 3rd Floor

Overview:

A Developer's Lap around SQL Server 2005 With the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (the database formerly known as Yukon), database developers now have the option to locate their code according to its functionality, to access data in native formats such as XML, and to build complex systems that are driven by the power of the database server. Database development is becoming more integrated than ever before, with all of the tools that developers need available right at their fingertips.

In this talk, we'll talk a hands-on lap around SQL Server 2005 from a developer's perspective. We'll see how new features -- like full text search, CLR integration, and XML data types -- make it an invaluable tool. And we'll even see how it's made a non-database-type developer like me get excited about building new classes of database applications.