February 2011 Meeting – Schedule Change!
Please note We are meeting the 3rd monday (Feb 21st) We are changing the date for this month only due to speaker availability.
Mike Hotek is the speaker.
The topic is titled Preview of SQL Server Denali and will cover:
This session will cover some of the features and changes that are going to be in the next edition of SQL Server.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, February 21st from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
January 2011 Meeting
Richard Turner is the speaker. Richard is a .Net developer with 7+ years experience using SQL 2000/2005/2008, VS 2003/2005/2010 and many other IDEs.
The topic is titled T-SQL - out of the box and into the brain and will cover:
This session will cover some of the common and not so common operators in TSQL and how they can help you out, or sometimes just be a landmine. Topics include: The SQL 2005/2008 enhancements you may have forgotten about or could never find a practical use for. Performance difference between methods of doing things.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, January 10th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
December 2010 Meeting
Rob Sullivan is the speaker. Rob is a DBA and officer of the OKC SQL group.
The topic is titled DBA: Tools and Techniques and will cover:
Rob is going to cover some awesome tools like WhoIsActive, SQL Source Control, some CheckDB techniques, some ways to deal with developers and their ridiculous ORM's and ... time permitting, he'll even try to stuff the stocking with some NoSQL demystification. This will be a very loose and informal presentation with (hopefully) a lot of questions.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, December 13th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
October 2010 Meeting
Jason Cameron an Applications System Administrator for Chesapeake
Energy and Kristin Ferrier President of OKC SQL will be speaking.
Jason will be discussing Data Driven Subscriptions using SQL-RD and Kristin will be speaking on Time Calculations in SSAS 2008
In Kristin's presentation we'll discuss a variety of methods for adding time
calculations (Yr/Yr Growth %, Prior Period, etc.) into your SSAS 2008
cubes. We'll discuss the pros and cons of each, plus, implement a few of
the methods.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, October 11th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
September 2010 Meeting
Rob Sullivan, VP of OKC SQL will be speaking.
The topic is titled SQL CLR: From Start to Fun-ish and will cover:
We are going to cover what SQL CLR is and how to get started with it. After that bit, we're going to turn up the gas and take a look at how we can really extend SQL Server with it.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, September 13th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
August 2010 Meeting
Bryan Smith, with Microsoft will be speaking.
The topic is titled Intro to PowerPivot and will cover:
PowerPivot for Excel is a data analysis tool that delivers unmatched computational power directly within the application users already know and love—Microsoft Excel. Join Bryan Smith for an exploration of this incredible technology and how it can be used to address your organization's business intelligence needs.
In addition to Bryan, Todd Rosenthal from GDH Consulting will be speaking on Phone Interviewing and General Interviewing.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, August 9th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
July 2010 Meeting
This meeting has been rescheduled for Monday July 12th.
Tim Mitchell, a Microsoft SQL Server consultant, developer, speaker, and trainer will be speaking.
The topic is titled SSIS Scripting and will cover:
In this session, we will explore the Script Task and Script Component tools within SSIS. Learn how to break out of the traditional flat-file ETL mold and, using VB.NET or C#, create custom scripts to address unconventional transformations and related tasks. We'll also discuss other possible uses of script in SSIS, with several practical examples.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, July 12th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
June 2010 Meeting
This meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday June 17th.
Kristin Ferrier, President of the Oklahoma City SQL Server Developers Group will be speaking.
The topic is titled "Visual Studio 2010 Database Functionality" and will cover:
With VS 2010 Premium or Ultimate, one has access to automated data generation, schema comparison, data comparison, and unit testing options. This is a surprise to many people, as Visual Studio in combination with SQL Server has often just brought to mind source control. We'll cover the aforementioned features and review database projects.
In addition to Kristin, Todd Rosenthal from GDH Consulting will be speaking on Phone Interviewing and General Interviewing.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, June 17th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
May 2010 Meeting
As it stands now, we are not canceling due to weather as it is nice and sunny at the OkcCoCo.
Kristin Ferrier, President of the Oklahoma City SQL Server Developers Group will be speaking.
The topic is titled "Team System 2010 DB Functionality and Projects" and will cover:
With VS 2010 Premium or Ultimate, one has access to automated data generation, schema comparison, data comparison, and unit testing options. This is a surprise to many people, as Visual Studio in combination with SQL Server has often just brought to mind source control. We'll cover the aforementioned features and review database projects.
In addition to Kristin, Todd Rosenthal from GDH Consulting will be speaking on Phone Interviewing and General Interviewing.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, May 10th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
April 2010 Meeting
Michael Hotek, the 18th SQL Server MVP will be speaking.
The topic will be chosen by attendees at the start of the meeting.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, April 12th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
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