Presentations at SQLPASS 2005 (Grapevine, Tx)
As many others in the SQL Server community, I have travelled to Grapevine, Texas to attend and present at this year's SQLPASS 2005 (site seems down while I write this). Since some people were unable to attend or had to leave early, I am now giving an additional presentation on Friday:
Friday, September 30
228: SQL Server 2005: Deep Dive Into XQuery
Michael Rys, Microsoft Corporation
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.; Texas 1-2
Note that this presentation is basically my PDC 2005 talk, that I will slightly adjust on the fly depending on how many people have attended the other XML and XQuery related talks. The goal is to make it complementary (while providing a bit of overlap for those that have not seen the other presentations).
Here is a quick overview of talks at SQLPASS that should be of interest in people that want to understand the XML support in SQL Server 2005:
Wednesday, September 28
208S: Managing Unstructured and Semistructured Data in SQL Server 2005
Michael Rys, Microsoft Corporation
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Texas AB [Update: Texas 3-4]
Thursday, September 29
210S: SQL Server 2005 XQuery Primer
Bob Beauchemin, SQLskills
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.; Texas 1-2
Friday, September 30
221: The 15 Need-to-Know Points About XML
Kent Tegels, DevelopMentor
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.; San Antonio 1-3
In addition, I give a SQLPASS Community Cabana on XQuery on Thursday at 2PM where people can come and ask questions about XQuery and where I will give a small tutorial on XQuery, if they have not all already attended Bob's talk on XQuery in the morning.
Another interesting talk will be Alan Griver's talk about LINQ and friends and VB:
Wednesday, September 28
212M: Future Directions in Data Language Integration
Alan Griver, Microsoft Corporation
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.; Texas 1-2
212M: Future Directions in Data Language Integration