October 2006 - Posts

• SQL Down Under Presentations

  The recent SQL Down Under Code Camp that was held on the 7th and 8th of October contained presentations from some of the leading figures in the Australian SQL Server community. Many of the presentations over the two days were recorded and have been made Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:31 PM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Batching a Delete Operation

  A colleague of mine dropped me a IM asking how they could delete data from a table in batches of 10,000 records. The following is an example of a solution that can be used to perform a delete operation in specified batches. The solution could also be Read More... Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 7:56 PM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Earn More per hour as a Developer

  Adam Cogan and Steve Herzberg are holding a one day course in Brisbane on how to Earn More per hour as a Developer. In this course Steve and Adam will dispel a number of the myths about client interactions and what the client is really seeking from their Read More... Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 8:33 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• October QLD SQL Server User Group

  Unfortunately Greg Low is unavailable to present the planned session on Full Text Search, Blobs and XML. However hopefully we will be able to re-schedule Greg’s presentation for early next year. In Greg’s place I will be presenting on Engineering 101 Read More... Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 8:25 AM by admin | 1 Comments

• November WARDY IT Community Dinner

  The WARDY IT Community Dinner is held on the second Monday of the month and is a great opportunity to share knowledge, information and experiences with other IT professionals in South East Queensland. The November WARDY IT Community Dinner is being held Read More... Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 10:51 AM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Engineering 101 Presentation

  At the SQL Server Code Camp I presented a session titled 'Engineering 101 for the SQL DBA'. Often the list of I/O options for SQL Server is like a menu from a foreign restaurant as there are lots of choices that you think you like the sound of and others Read More... Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:27 PM by admin | (Comments Off)

• Rob Farley MVP - Congratulations

  Rob Farley who runs the Adelaide SQL Server User Group has been awarded as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in SQL Server. This award is well deserved by Rob not only for all of his tireless effort in the Australian SQL server community but Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:00 PM by admin | (Comments Off)