I just found out that two of the sessions that I proposed for SQL Saturday #166 in Olympia next month have been accepted.  These presentations are: Exploring TSQL Enhancements in SQL Server 2012 Unleashing Common Table Expressions in SQL Server These are both presentations that I have given before and have had lots of fun with.   This should be a good …

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Here are a few links to some of the other CTE examples used during my Common Table Expressions presentation. Using a CTE in a Function to Split Up a Query String Using a CTE to Split a String Into Rows Can we use CTEs use in SSRS? CTE Hierarchy compared to the alternative Calculating Factorials with a Recursive CTE CTE …

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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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