As of a few days ago, the SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition CTP is avaialble for download. This is the successor to SQL Server CE (aren’t name changes great). You can grab it here [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=85e0c3ce-3fa1-453a-8ce9-af6ca20946c3&displaylang=en] . if

I've been asked for some T-SQL and XML code samples that I have presented of late. Here are some sample snippets of code that you can use to examine some of the SQL 2005 T-SQL features and its XML features, as well. The code is in a zip file below this post. All code is "as-is" ... no

TheMay 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine [http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/05/default.aspx]is now posted online. My latest Data Points [http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/05/DataPoints/] column dives into some of the new XML features in SQL Server 2005 including typed columns and sche

Man have things crept up on me! This past weekend I reviewed my code sample for my presentations at VSLive in Toronto [http://www.ftponline.com/conferences/vslive/2006/toronto/default.aspx] later this week. It should be a good show up in Canada … I enjoyed my trip there last time. For any of you who

Sahil Malik [http://blah.winsmarts.com/] is holding a 1 day training session on ADO.NET 2 [http://blah.winsmarts.com/2006/06/06/announcing-the-adonet-20-boot-camp.aspx]. Its titled “The ADO.NET 2 Boot Camp [http://blah.winsmarts.com/2006/06/06/announcing-the-adonet-20-boot-camp.aspx]”  and you can r