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We're back! Our next meeting is Friday, September 26th, 2008. See the Next Meeting below for details.

Next Meeting

Topic:	Database Design
Date:	Friday September 26, 2008 at 11:30am

Speaker:	Louis Davidson
Location:	Nova Copy 15 Lindsley Ave. Nashville, TN 37210 (615) 641-5664
Sponsor:	Apress
Overview:	Louis Davidson will present on the topic of Database Design. Louis will cover the basics of designing an excellent relational database that is manageable usable, and maintainable, and will also come with some excellent giveaways tied to his recently released book. Come prepared to speak up as this will be an interactive session allowing you to share your opinions about what makes a good database design.
RSVP:	Shelton Dickson
Agenda:	11:30 am - 12:00pm : Lunch (provided) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm : Presentation

Announcements

Nashville SQL Server Meeting

The SQL Server Users Group had a fantastic turnout of 100 people at our meeting last Friday. Kevin Kline of Quest Software, our new President, made a great presentation on the top 10 features of SQL Server 2008. If you missed the meeting, a white paper of the presentation is available on the Resources tab.

Offers

Great Microsoft Learning Offers

Microsoft Learning has released a collection of valuable offers for the PASS user group community. Get the Microsoft Learning products that you want for less. Take advantage today of these special offers for home and office users, IT professionals, and developers by visiting: www.microsoft.com/learning/offers

Carry all your tech books with you anytime with one-click reference on Microsoft technologies

Microsoft Press has developed a virtual library for IT Professionals, developers and information workers who want to learn about Microsoft products and related technologies. And we want to share it with the Microsoft user group members. To learn more about the E-Reference Library, please click here (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/books/ereference/default.mspx).

SQL News

Get the First Cumulative Update for SQL Server 2008
Cumulative Update 1 contains hotfixes for the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 issues that have been fixed since the release of SQL Server 2008.

SQL Server 2008: Access Your Data Any Place, Any Time
Join these webcasts, download podcasts, or take part in virtual labs to discover how you can best prepare your data for a data mining project and work with advanced features for manageability. We also examine the reporting enhancements that let you quickly and easily generate the reports your organization needs.

Hierarchy ID: Model Your Data Hierarchies With SQL Server 2008
Here we explain how the new hierarchyID data type in SQL Server 2008 helps solve some of the problems in modeling and querying hierarchical information.

Connecting to SQL Server Through the Firewall on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista help increase security by automatically enabling the firewall. Before you connect to an instance of SQL Server from another computer, you must configure the Windows Firewall to allow appropriate access and still continue to block inappropriate access. For more information the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlsecurity/archive/2008/07/01/sql-server-and-the-windows-server-2008-firewall.aspx" target="_blank" >SQL Server Security team blog</a>.

Download the SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack
The Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008.

SQL Server 2008 RC0 Books Online
Download the Release Candidate (RC0) version of Books Online for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the primary documentation for SQL Server 2008.

Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
This package contains all of the SQL Server 2005 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2005 SP2.

SQL Server 2008 CTP (February 2008) Is Now Available
Download the latest release of SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP) and discover new capabilities to help support your mission-critical platform. This CTP continues to improve functionality in all aspects of the product.

Download SQL Server 2008 Books Online Community Technology Preview (February 2008)
SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform. Books Online is the primary documentation for SQL Server 2008. Download a pre-release preview of Books Online for SQL Server 2008.

Get the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack CTP (February 2008)
Download the February 2008 Feature Pack Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008.

SQL Server 2005 Books Online (September 2007) Update
The September 2007 update for SQL Server 2005 Books Online is now available in the MSDN Library. Localized versions and a downloadable version will be released as soon as they become available.

SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta 2 available for download
Start building a new generation of embedded database applications for desktops and mobile devices with SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta 2. New features include LINQ to SQL support and enhanced support for T SQL statements.

Perform Database Administration Operations with SQL Server Management Objects
SQL Server Management Objects offer developers a robust toolset for backing up and restoring databases, and issuing DDL commands, as John Papa explains.

Regular Expressions Make Pattern Matching and Data Extraction Easier
Now you can perform efficient, sophisticated text analysis using regular expressions in SQL Server 2005.

Dev News

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