The blog has reached 700 articles. Here is why I write, plus updates since article 600: the SQL Server MVP award, user group work and 4 million visitors.
SQLAuthority Author Visit – SQL SERVER – User Group Meeting – Ahmedabad – August 30, 2008
At the August 30 Ahmedabad User Group meeting we talked about the quality of programmers and hiring, and why free user groups are great for developers.
SQLAuthority Author Visit – Microsoft Student Partner Conference
On August 30, 2008 I presented a technical session at the Microsoft Student Partner conference in my city, and I explain what the MSP program offers students.
SQLAuthority News – 4 Million Visits – over 675 SQL Server Articles
Thank you to every reader: this blog has reached 4 Million Visits and over 675 SQL Server articles, and I was awarded SQL MVP along the way.
SQLAuthority News – Thank You to Awarding Author SQL MVP
Thank you for all the wishes on my SQL MVP award. It belongs to every reader here. Send me your ideas and I will publish them with your name on this blog.
SQL SERVER – Deprecated DataType vardecimal
vardecimal, added in SQL Server 2005 SP2, saves space for zero and null values. It is deprecated in SQL Server 2008, where Row Compression covers more datatypes.
SQLAuthority News – Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award for SQL Server – MVP
I am very glad to share that Microsoft has given me the Most Valuable Professional Award for SQL Server. Thank you to MVP Lead Abhishek and all my readers.