DevTeach/SQLTeach follow-up

roman — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:50:00 GMT

I just got back from Vancouver where I was attending/presenting at the SqlTeach conference. There were other speakers from sqlblog as well - Adam Machanic, Paul Nielsen and Peter DeBetta. This conference is a venture put on by Jean-Rene Roy and his wife Maryse from Montreal, it started as DevTeach in 2003 and this year the SQL Server track was marketed as a separate conference. This is the largest Microsoft conference in Canada and 2007 started a new 18 month rotation between Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto. Jean-Rene and Maryse did a great job as always, which is even more admirable and appreciated considering they just moved from Montreal to Ottawa. The next event will take place in Toronto, from May 12th to May 16th.

I resurrected my SQL Server Tips and Tricks talk that I used to do in 2003/2004 and updated it with 2005 content. Just like before, attendees seemed to like my utility ScripExec for executing script files with some logging and error handling capabilities. I will add a couple of features I've been thinking about and release it through SqlBlog as a freeware. I will also look into the possibility of putting it on CodePlex and see if we can get other coders interested in enhancing it.

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Peter DeBetta — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:35:00 GMT

I know I have been a slacker when it comes to posting lately, but I have been on the road quite a bit of late and will finally have some time at home over the next 2 weeks and have some new topics that I should be posting about during that time.

As for DevTeach, SQLblog had a great presence at the SQLTeach part of the conference here in Montreal, including (in no particular order): Adam Machanic, Kevin Kline, Rick Heiges, Paul Nielsen, Roman Rehak (who was the SQLTeach Tech Chair), and yours truly, and soon to be blogging at SQLblog, James Luetkehoelter. I heard great things about my fellow SQLbloggers and was glad to get some time to catch up with them and a few other folks at the conference.

As for TechEd. I will be off to TechEd this year (June 4 - 8), and even doing a breakout session on XML in SQL Server 2005. I'll also be co-hosting an SQL Server 2005 XML Q&A session with Michael Rys from Microsoft. Very exciting!

I will be looking into migrating SQLblog to the latest version of CommunityServer (CS2007) in the coming months. With the change, we are also hoping to add some new features to the site. Some of the features we have been contemplating are articles, book reviews, and voting forums. No promises; but when my current project ends, I hope to have time to implement some of these features (assuming CS2007 makes it easy to do so).

Finally, if you are using the Windows Live Toolbar in IE, be sure to add the SQLblog custom button (found here) for quick access to the site and the latest posts!

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DevTeach/SQLTeach follow-up

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