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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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 Posted - 2007-11-12 : 17:39:07
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http://bink.nu/news/microsoft-sql-server-2008-november-ctp.aspx
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dinakar
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2007-11-12 : 19:24:47
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Man.. I dont think anyone is that eagerly waiting for CTPs...  do you have some precompiled set of queries you run for each CTP or you just look for whats new and play with those?Dinakar Nethi************************Life is short. Enjoy it.************************http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/dinakar/ |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
30421 Posts |
Posted - 2007-11-12 : 19:59:26
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For this CTP, I would like to explore the "geospatial data" area.
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
30421 Posts |
Posted - 2007-11-13 : 15:47:18
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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-12ITForumPR.mspxquote:
The November Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is available for customer download this month. It features a significant amount of new functionality, including compatibility with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 as well as new features such as Resource Governor, Backup Compression and Transparent Data Encryption. This CTP also includes new business intelligence enhancements such as Design Alerts, Block Computation, Enhanced Report Designer with new visualizations and integration with the 2007 Microsoft Office system. This also is the first CTP to help customers store and consume any type of data, including new FileStream data types for unstructured documents, and to provide spatial data support for location intelligence technologies. Separately, companies such as Barrodale Computing Services (BCS) Ltd., Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., I.S. Consulting Inc., Manifold and SpatialPoint announced their intention to ship applications that take advantage of spatial data support in SQL Server 2008.
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2007-11-14 : 16:24:22
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| Fixing the bloat would be good.Each time I fire up 2005's BoL I get a whole load of Documentation-Bloat.There isn't even a decent filter for T-SQL any more :(A couple more release-rounds and no one will want to upgrade. All that "appeals to the masses", which admittedly it T's us off because they don't even know how to make a backup, did at least popularise SQL Server. Now the DOCs are a minefield that even I struggle to keep up to date with.15-million-date-datatypes. Get over it! who needs it? |
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November release just hours away?