http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/tags/sql+server+2008/default.aspxTags: sql server 2008en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2008/11/19/solution-to-the-sql-server-2008-with-visual-studio-2008-sp1-install-exception-sql-server-2008-setup-requires-net-framework-3-5-to-be-installed.aspxWed, 19 Nov 2008 22:42:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9125660jongallant1http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/comments/9125660.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9125660http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9125660You would have never guess this by the error message, but ""SQL Server 2008 setup requires .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed" when you have Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installed means that you need to install Windows Installer 4.5, which can be found here:...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2008/11/19/solution-to-the-sql-server-2008-with-visual-studio-2008-sp1-install-exception-sql-server-2008-setup-requires-net-framework-3-5-to-be-installed.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9125660" width="1" height="1">solutionsql server 2008visual studiohttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2008/08/15/new-sql-server-date-datatypes-date-time-datetime2-datetimeoffset.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 17:46:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8869794jongallant3http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/comments/8869794.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8869794http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8869794Great video on the new Date DataTypes in in Sql T-SQL Enhancements and Date/Time SQL Server 2008 introduces new date and time data types: DATE – a date only type; TIME – a time only type; DATETIMEOFFSET – a timezone-aware datetime type; DATETIME2 – a...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2008/08/15/new-sql-server-date-datatypes-date-time-datetime2-datetimeoffset.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8869794" width="1" height="1">sqlsql server 2008http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2007/01/30/how-to-convert-xmldocument-to-xmlreader-for-sqlxml-data-type.aspxTue, 30 Jan 2007 20:10:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1557903jongallant9http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/comments/1557903.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1557903http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1557903The SqlXml datatype constructor only accepts a Stream or XmlReader, if you have an XmlDocument in memory (go with stream if you have it) then you can easily convert to a SqlXml compatible stream with the XmlNodeReader class. XmlNodeReader implements IDisposable,...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2007/01/30/how-to-convert-xmldocument-to-xmlreader-for-sqlxml-data-type.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1557903" width="1" height="1">c#sqlsql server 2008sqlxml