Kansas City – SharePoint Saturday
Interested in SharePoint? The next SharePoint Saturday is 12/12/2009 in Kansas City. Get more information here.
SelectViews Show Live on SSWUG.ORG
SQL Server 2008 R2 release date, database happenings, using SSIS for more than imports. Also, SharePoint release information and features for 2010, Access and SQL Server and a lot more.
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SQL Server Security Virtual Workshop
I’ll be teaching our next virtual workshop on SQL Server Security on Thursday – only a couple of days left to register – make sure you get registered and we’ll see you there!
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Featured Article(s)
Implication of Data Mining in SQL Server
Have you ever thought how the process for Data Mining works? And going a little further, how does it work teamed up with SQL Server? The point here is to take advantage of technology to become more competitive and optimize business results as fast and cheap as possible.
SURVEY IS LIVE!
Our community survey is live and we need your help! Please take a look – while there are a lot of questions, we’ll have the following prizes, and a limited time to respond:
– 5 1-year memberships to SSWUG
– 1 5-year membership to SSWUG.ORG
– 5 Virtual Workshop passes to SSWUG.ORG
– 5 Virtual Conference passes to SSWUG.ORG’s Spring Event
I sincerely appreciate your feedback and we review each result, each response. It drives the site forward and helps us pick new features, new directions for the site.
Webcast Wednesday:
7 SQL Server development practices more evil than cursors
Cursors do indeed cause performance issues, but cursors are easy to correct. This session addresses the problem of cursors and then uncovers 7 common practices that are more costly than cursors Based on several years of consulting specializing in optimizing third-party ISV databases, the list of worst practices range from critical database design blunders to indexing errors to T -SQL mistakes. Avoiding the blunders on this list will be the difference between a successful database project and a failure. Not to leave you in the dark, this session will contrast every evil practice with a best practice to solve the problem. Presented by: Paul Nielsen
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> Live date: 12/9/2009 at 12:00 Pacific
Featured White Paper(s)
Developing Something for Nothing with SQL Server: A Closer Look at SQL Server Express and How it Can Work for You
Software development is an expensive and time-consuming process, not just in terms of time and salaries but also in terms of … (read more)