Evening Seminar of the UK SQL User Group, Katmai CTP6 [LONDON, Free, with beer]
Registration is at 5.30, evening will commence at 6pm and finish 9pm.
Be one of the first to see some of the new Katmai CTP6 features with a beer.
6pm - 6.30pm
Round Table Discussion
Update on what's been going on and is going on in the SQL Server space.
Bring your SQL problems and ask the audience, bounce ideas - anything related to SQL Server.
6.30pm – 7.30pm
SQLCLR tips and tricks
Simon Sabin, SQL Server MVP
In this session Simon will give you some tips on use of SQLCLR in SQL Server. When should you use CLR in your database and why. How to convince your DBA to allow use of SQLCLR without resorting to violence.
We will also cover some of the new CLR features in SQL Server 2008
7.30 – 7.50pm
Break - Beer and Pizza
7.50pm - 9.00pm
Whats new in SQL Server 2008
Simon Sabin, SQL Server MVP
This is the start of a series of whats new in SQL Server 2008. This will be a fairly open session coverig those areas that interest the audience most (and those which Simon has slides/demos for) Possible topics are, TSQL improvements, FileStream Blob storage, Full text indexing, Service Broker, XML, Spatial data, LINQ, Entity Data Model.