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One of my favorite features of SQL Server 2008 is Change Data Capture.  I’ve blogged about it and talked to many user groups about it.  One nagging detail about the feature is that it is only included in the Enterprise Edition.  I’ve spoken to a lot of users that are on Standard Edition and either don’t have the financial ability to ...

If the answer to those two questions is yes, then I have just the webinar for you.  My colleague, and all-around great guy, Sergey Barskiy will be hosting a webinar on reporting in Silverlight.  See his blog here for the details.  You’re sure to learn something with Sergey at the wheel.

Reading the blog entry here about Google Chrome OS had me until the final paragraph where they really queued the music and went over the top.  My favorite quote is “People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up” .  I get this for a netbook as ...

There is a rather active anti-database movement afoot these days.  I initially chalked this up to the same “XML is going to replace databases” craziness that I heard back in the 90s but you can’t argue with the successes that some Web 2.0 companies have had going off traditional RDBMS architectures.  I still think ...

Thanks to everyone who came out to the user group meeting.  It was great talking to you all. The slides and sample code used tonight are included in this post.  If you have any questions please drop me a line through my contact page. ColumbusPASS_Jun23_CDC.zip (1.31 mb)

The answer, in SQL Server 2008, is quite a few.  A day or so ago Paul Randall tweeted about the lack of consistency within the column naming in system objects that reference databases (id or name).  It got me to thinking about the ones I knew which naturally led to being bothered that there might be others I don't know about (sometimes I ...

I was recently accepted into the Amazon Kindle store in their blog section.  If you are interested you can add it through the web here.  I haven?t looked for it on a Kindle but I?m pretty sure a name search would work.  Enjoy!

I will be speaking to the Nashville PASS Chapter next week on Change Data Capture.  The meeting starts at 11:30 CST and I will be speaking from 12:00 to 1:00.  If you are in the Nashville area or want to take a drive that day stop on by.

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