June 2010 - Posts

• More presentations coming up

  So the pre-/post-con submission I made for the PASS Summit in November didn’t get picked up (although I’m still hoping to get a regular session or two), but in the meantime, I have other presentations going on. Those who participated in the 24 Hours of Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 5:22 PM by Rob Farley | 1 Comments Filed under: sql, community

• Christian’s book – not just Brent’s

  I like to joke with Christian Bolton ( @christianbolton ) about the time when he got accused of claiming to have written Brent’s book . Of course, he didn’t write Brent’s book – Brent wrote some of Christian’s. And it’s an excellent book. For a start, Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2010 4:55 PM by Rob Farley | 2 Comments Filed under: book review, sql

• PASS Chapter map

  Displaying information on an interactive map really isn’t that hard to do. My friends John & Bronwen have been doing this stuff for ages through their company Soul Solutions , and have done lots of talks about how to do this. They have the ability Read More... Posted Monday, June 28, 2010 5:11 PM by Rob Farley | 1 Comments Filed under: sql, community, spatial

• What makes a great place to work

  Co-incidentally, I’ve been looking for office space for LobsterPot Solutions during the same few days that Luke Hayler ( @lukehayler ) has asked for my thoughts (okay, he ‘tagged’ me) on what makes a great place to work . He lists People and Environment, Read More... Posted Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:33 AM by Rob Farley | 2 Comments

• My favourite feature of SQL 2008 R2

  Interestingly, my favourite new feature of SQL Server 2008 R2 isn’t any of the obvious things.  You may have read my recent posts about how much I like some of the new Reporting Services features, such as the map control. Or you may have seen my Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 08, 2010 12:09 PM by Rob Farley | 1 Comments Filed under: sql, t-sql tuesday, sql improvements