| 17:30 |
Network - Coffee |
| A chance to meet other SQL Server professionals on a social level, what better way of networking and finding out what other people are doing in the SQL Server space. |
| 18:00 |
Problem Clinic and Security Update |
| Question and Answer discussion between all attendees.. |
| Feel free to bring your questions or post them on the user group board prior to the event. |
| 18:30 |
CLR |
|
Mike Taulty, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft UK. |
| In this session we'll look at the new integration of the Common Language Runtime in SQL Server 2005. We'll look at what can be done with CLR code written in C#, VB including writing procedures, functions, triggers and extending the type system of SQL Sever with User Defined Types. We'll also take a look at how these new capabilities are represented, diagnosed and managed inside the database and guidance around usage of these new features. |
| 19:15 |
Break |
| 19:30 |
XML |
| Mike Taulty, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft UK. |
| In this session we'll look at the new XML capabilities of SQL Server 2005. We'll talk about the new XML data type in terms of how we can make use of schema, how we can query and modify XML and how we can index it. We'll also cover the additions to the "FOR XML" syntax from SQL Server 2000 and how SQL Server 2005 can offer native web service support directly from the database. |
| 20:30 |
End of evening |