Please join me at the Oregon SQL Developers Meeting, tomorrow, April 8th. Free pizza, lots of giveaways, and 2 great sessions planned. Many people will walk away with either a TechNet Plus Direct annual subscription (Estimated Retail Value $349), or a voucher for a Microsoft Certification exam of your choice (Estimated Retail Value $125).

Logistics:

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 at 6:30 pm (Pizza and networking start at 6:00 pm)
Microsoft Portland Office – 10260 SW Greenburg Rd, Suite 600

Sessions:

Rob Garrison will present about Data Encryption and SQL Server, providing significant information that is not available in Books Online, including Message Authentication Codes and how to use them to support highly efficient searches of encrypted data.

Rob Garrison is the OLTP Data Architect for WebMD’s Health Services group. He has been working with SQL Server full-time since 1999 and in IT since 1985. He has extensive experience with SQL Server development and architecture in both the banking and healthcare industries.

Then, Arnie Rowland, SQL Server MVP, will discuss Microsoft’s ‘Thrive’ Program which is a major effort supporting economic stimulus efforts. This discussion will include how Microsoft’s initiatives may be of direct benefit to you in keeping your skills fresh.

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Hope to see you there!

If you are in the Portland area, you won’t want to miss the OSQL-d meeting tomorrow. We have two great sessions planned.

Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2009 at 6:30 pm (Pizza and networking start at 6:00 pm)
Microsoft Portland Office – 10260 SW Greenburg Rd, Suite 600

Using SQL Server Management Studio, Intellisense, and SQL 2008 T-SQL Enhancements
Speaker: Buck Woody

Come hear Buck Woody, Microsoft’s “Real World DBA” as he explains the new enhancements in SQL Server Management Studio that will help you write better T-SQL code -faster. He’ll also cover some of the new Transact-SQL Enhancements. Come ready to learn and share!

http://buckwoody.com/BResume.html

Solutions to Vexing T-SQL Problems (Continued)
Speaker: Arnie Rowland

Time permitting, Arnie will continue a discussion on finding ordinary solutions to complex problems. He will be demonstrating several query problems that are often difficult to conceptualize, and providing code examples for the solutions. If you want to have your T-SQL code skills challenged and perhaps expanded, you will want to see this presentation.

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