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SQLAuthority News – Delivering Two SQL Sessions at SQL Data Camp at Chennai – July 17, 2010

Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Index, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority Author Visit, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology, tagged on June 19, 2010 | 7 Comments »

SQL Server Community is very strong community world-wide. In India SQL is considered as one of the most popular technology. Chennai is the only city in India where there are more than 3 SQL Server MVPs are from. My MVP friends has arranged one of the very first whole day SQL event in India at Chennai. At this event all the speakers are MVPs as well there will be more than 6 SQL Server MVP present at this single event.

You can register for this event by going to the site http://sql-articles.com/events/ and clicking on link Register. I am very much looking forward to this event on July 17, 2010. The event venue is  Hotel Palmgrove, Vaishali Banquet Hall, 5, Kodambakkam High Road, Chennai – 600034 Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

I will be speaking on following two sessions at the event. I am very excited as Chennai is one of my favorite city and always love to visit the same. I am very glad that both the sessions which I will be doing are on Indexing and Performance Tuning. I love to talk about Index and Performance Tuning.

Spatial Database & Spatial Indexing

Speaker : Pinal Dave
Event Date : 17th July 2010
Session Time : 09:45 to 10:45

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 delivers new spatial data types that enable you to consume, use, and extend location-based data through spatial-enabled applications. Attend this session to learn how to use spatial functionality in next version of SQL Server to build and optimize spatial queries. This session outlines the new geography data type to store geodetic spatial data and perform operations on it, use the new geometry data type to store planar spatial data and perform operations on it, take advantage of new spatial indexes for high performance queries, use the new spatial results tab to quickly and easily view spatial query results directly from within Management Studio, extend spatial data capabilities by building or integrating location-enabled applications through support for spatial standards and specifications and much more.

Good, Bad & Ugly – The other side of Index

Speaker : Pinal Dave
Event Date : 17th July 2010
Session Time : 15:00 to 16:00

Index is often considered as the sure shot tool of improving the performance of any query. Learn the secrets of Indexing with examples and discover the good, bad and ugly sides of Index. This session will help you efficiently write queries in future as well make you go back and defector your earlier code.

If you are in Chennai, I strongly suggest that you come to this event and take advantage of this wonderful session organized by SQL MVPs Sugesh, Deepak, and Vidya.

Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com)

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SQL SERVER – World Shapefile Download and Upload to Database – Spatial Database

Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL Utility, T SQL, Technology, tagged , on March 30, 2010 | 94 Comments »

During my recent, training I was asked by a student if I know a place where he can download spatial files for all the countries around the world, as well as if there is a way to upload shape files to a database. Here is a quick tutorial for it.

VDS Technologies has all the spatial files for every location for free. You can download the spatial file from here. If you cannot find the spatial file you are looking for, please leave a comment here, and I will send you the necessary details. Unzip the file to a folder and it will have the following content.

Then, download Shape2SQL tool from SharpGIS. This is one of the best tools available to convert shapefiles to SQL tables. Afterwards, run the .exe file.

When the file is run for the first time, it will ask for the database properties. Provide your database details.

Select the appropriate shape files and the tool will fill up the essential details automatically. If you do not want to create the index on the column, uncheck the box beside it. The screenshot below is simply explains the procedure. You also have to be careful regarding your data, whether that is GEOMETRY or GEOGRAPHY. In this example,  it is GEOMETRY data.

Click “Upload to Database”. It will show you the uploading process. Once the shape file is uploaded, close the application and open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Run the following code in SSMS Query Editor.

USE Spatial
GO
SELECT *
FROM dbo.world
GO

This will show the complete map of world after you click on Spatial Results in Spatial Tab.

In Spatial Results Set, the Zoom feature is available. From the Select label column, choose the country name in order to show the country name overlaying the country borders.

Let me know if this tutorial is helpful enough. I am planning to write a few more posts about this later.

Note: Please note that the images displayed here do not reflect the original political boundaries. These data are pretty old and can probably draw incorrect maps as well. I have personally spotted several parts of the map where some countries are located a little bit inaccurately.

Reference : Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com)

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