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Microsoft Launch Events in March
10 December 07 09:15 PM

I got asked yesterday when we are having our launch events for Visual Studio 2008, SQL 2008 and Windows Server 2008, so I thought I should put the current dates out so you can pencil them in. We are going to be visiting Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch Read More...

Postedby dburling | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Studio, Community, Microsoft, Windows, SQL Server

Whats new in SQL 2008?
02 November 07 11:50 AM

I had an email today that had a link to some "Whats new in SQL 2008" eLearning resources in it. These are Virtual Machine based learning, so you dont have to install SQL on your own machine to do it. There are three course: Clinic 6188: What's New in Read More...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: SQL Server

SQL Server for PHP driver CTP released
23 October 07 03:47 AM

If you happen to be building sites in PHP and want to take advantage of SQL Server, we've just released a drive for SQL Server 2005 for use in PHP sites. This is not final code, but it is scheduled for release in February. In the meantime you can download Read More...

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Filed under: Developer, SQL Server, Web

BootCamp 07 - November 3-4
07 September 07 02:00 AM

You may have already noticed the murmurings of another code camp - just weeks after the last one. This Code Camp is being organized by the Christchurch crowd ( Peter is the front man for it) and will therefore be the first Code Camp ever in the South Read More...

Postedby dburling | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Studio, .Net, Community, Code Camp, Windows, SQL Server

SQL Server "Katmai" Spatial Extensions
11 May 07 05:23 AM

If you haven't heard, "Katmai" is the next version of SQL Server due out in the same time frame as Longhorn server. One of the very cool new peices of this product is the ability store spatial data. This will be great for Virtual Earth integration :-) Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server

SQL User Group Meeting tomorrow
18 April 07 05:21 AM

In case you missed the announcement tomorrow there is a SQL user group meeting in Wellington. The speaker is Patrick O'Keeffe from Quest Software in the States. Patrick is a good overseas speaker who has spoken at Tech Ed in Australia in the past. His Read More...

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Filed under: User Groups, Community, SQL Server

SQL Server 2005 Service pack 2 released - Vista devs rejoice!
21 February 07 12:12 AM

If you've been waiting for SQL Server 2005 to be released, well it is out now :-) When you install SQL Server 2005 on Vista, you'll be prompted to install Service pack 2 - only problem is that it hasn't been available - until today. You can download it Read More...

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Filed under: Developer, Microsoft, Windows, SQL Server