What a great day at  Code Camp today. Click here to download the slides and sample code from the presentations. The first presentation that I attended was  Accelerating your Development Workflow presentation by Ian Davis.  What a great presentation, it touched on the lean and agile development processes, it was very well done. The next one was a PowerShell presentation that …

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I am headed to Code Camp in Redmond WA today.  I ended up with 3 sessions that I will be presenting, and I am really looking forward to the day. I am looking forward to attending the Accelerating your Development Workflow presentation by Ian Davis. Here is what I am presenting… What’s New in TSQL 2012 This is the first time that …

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In SQL Server 2012 there is a new function called CHOOSE that takes in an offset, and a list of options.  Choose is a function that returns the item at a specific index. Syntax: —CHOOSE(index, val_1, val_2, val_3, …) —If the index is greater than the number of values or less than 1 it returns NULL —Easier than using a …

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SQL Saturday 166 in Olympia WA on November 10th was announced, and that one is close enough to drive to.  I have submitted 2 sessions for this event.   What’s New in TSQL 2012 By November, this with be the fourth or fifth time presenting this one.  Its going to be a lot of fun working with the new features …

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Here are the sessions that I will be presenting at Code Camp in two weeks.. What’s New in TSQL 2012 This is the first time that I will be presenting this one.  Its going to be a lot of fun working with the new features in TSQL 2012. Unleashing Common Table Expressions in SQL Server This will be about the …

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I learned today that several of the sessions that I pitched for Code Camp 2012 have been accepted. Code Camp will be on Saturday June 16th 2012 in Redmond WA.   I am not sure why the call it Seattle Code Camp if it is going to be in Redmond. Looking forward to it.   Today I am tuning up …

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It has been a busy week getting ready for  SQL Saturday Vancouver, planning sessions to present at future training’s and determining new material to present. Today I submitted 4 sessions to Seattle Code Camp for their June session. Using SSRS 2012 Reports to Analyze SQL Server Health Unleashing Common Table Expressions in SQL Server SQL Server Performance for Developers What’s …

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