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• OUTPUT clause - knowing what goes in, and what you've accidentally taken out

  The OUTPUT clause has to be one of the best T-SQL features out there. It was new in SQL Server 2005, but it's still remarkably little known. I guess like many of the features that were introduced in SQL 2005, many people just make do with the way Read More... Posted Saturday, October 04, 2008 10:08 AM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, adssug, teched

• SQL and Virtual Earth

  A while back I was talking to Bronwen Zande, of Brisbane-based SoulSolutions and GeekGirlBlogs . Anyway, she and her partner John are big fans of Virtual Earth . As it's well publicised that SQL Server 2008 will have new spatial types , including Read More... Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 7:07 PM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, australia, adssug, community

• User Group meeting with Christine Bishop

  Yesterday we had Christine Bishop come to Adelaide . She's the Product Marketing Manager for SQL Server and BI for Microsoft Australia. That makes her handy to know if you're in the SQL space, and we had a nice crowd come along to the user group Read More... Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 12:04 PM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, adelaide, adssug, community

• My favourite thing about SQL Server 2008

  A few people have asked me what my favourite thing is in SQL Server 2008 ("Katmai"). But my favourite thing isn't actually a feature at all, it's a mindset that Microsoft are taking with it. This mindset is "We will only put features Read More... Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 3:35 PM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, australia, adelaide, adssug, community

• Darren Gosbell in Adelaide on July 12th

  What a great week for Adelaide having Australian SQL MVPs presenting! Code Camp SA on the weekend of July 7th and 8th features the Gregs (Linwood and Low), and BI expert Darren Gosbell will be coming to speak to the Adelaide SQL Server User Group the Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 6:03 PM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, australia, adelaide, adssug, community

• Powershell script from my SQL presentation

  Last week I presented at my user-group about PowerShell and why every DBA should know this. The talk went for just over an hour, and as most of the audience hadn't used PowerShell at all, I started from the top and really pushed concepts like "You pipe Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:00 AM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, adelaide, adssug, community, powershell