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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results matching tags 'Conference', 'Cursor vs Set', and 'People'</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&amp;tag=Conference,Cursor+vs+Set,People&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results matching tags 'Conference', 'Cursor vs Set', and 'People'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>Speaking at PASS</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/hugo_kornelis/archive/2008/10/26/speaking-at-pass.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:22:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:9671</guid><dc:creator>Hugo Kornelis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;Are you planning to attend &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://summit2008.sqlpass.org/default.html"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#800080" size="3"&gt;this year’s PASS Community Summit&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;? There’s only three weeks left before the pre-conference seminars kick off, so if you’re not registered yet, now is the time to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=155807"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#800080" size="3"&gt;act&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;The &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://summit2008.sqlpass.org/pdf/2008_Summit_at_a_Glance.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#800080" size="3"&gt;session schedule&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt; shows two days with seven full-day pre-conference seminars each, followed by three days packed full of high-quality sessions – with four time slots per day, over three days, and twelve sessions in parallel at each time slot, you problem will not be finding sessions that are of interest to you, but rather choosing between them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;And you will be able to see and hear me speaking at two of those sessions.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul style="margin-top:0cm;"&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;On Wednesday, I will be one of the participants in &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.softconference.com/pass/ProgramSessions/program-sessiondetail.asp?SID=140699"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#800080" size="3"&gt;Much Ado: A Panel Discussion About “Nothing”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;, a debate between several MVPs and SQLBloggers about the always heated subject of NULL.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;On Thursday, I’ll present “&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.softconference.com/pass/ProgramSessions/program-sessiondetail.asp?SID=130928"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#800080" size="3"&gt;Cursors or setbased? Why not both?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;”. In this session, I’ll show that using cursors or a set-based query is not an either or decision; but that there are ways to combine the strengths of both approaches into a (sometimes!) winning strategy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;(Please note that I’m not sure if the session schedule is final or still subject to change)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:en-us;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;So if you are at PASS, I hope that you’ll decide to drop in on either or both of those sessions. But even if you don’t, I still look forward to meeting you – so if you see me passing by and want to shake hands or exchange some opinions, don’t hesitate to catch me!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>