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Whats New in SQL Server 2008 T-SQL

Date
Thu, 29 May 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 (Add to calendar)
Venue
UPCO (Leeds), Leeds, GB
Cost
FREE

Leed Area SQL Server User Group: Thursday 29th May 18:30 - 21:00
Speaker: Martin Bell Whats New in SQL Server 2008 T-SQL

The next version of SQL Server is due out later this year and included plenty of new, improved and updated features including extensions to Transact SQL. This presentation will demostrate most of the new T-SQL features including:

Row Constructors
Merge
Hierarchy Id Data Type
Sparse Column and Column Sets
Grouping Sets
Filestream Storage
User Defined Table Type
Table Valued Parameters
Date and Time Functionality
Dependency Reporting

Martin Bell has been a freelance computer consultant in the UK for over 23 years. He has worked on many relational database systems and since 1998 has specialized in SQL Server. He was first awarded Microsoft MVP (SQL Server) status in June 2003. He runs the Scottish Area meetings of the UK SQL Server User Group and is a founding organiser of the SQLBits Community Conference.

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