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

I will be presenting two SQL Server advance level sessions at SQL Data Camp @ Chennai. I am very excited for this event as I am going to meet my friends Sugesh, Deepak, Vidhya and Madhivanan at this event. All of them are SQL Server MVPs. I have come to…
Read More

SQL SERVER – Spatial Database Queries – What About BLOB

Michael Coles is one of the most interesting book authors I have ever met. He has a flair of writing complex stuff in a simple language. There are a very few people like that. I really enjoyed reading his recent book, Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption. I strongly suggest taking a look at it. Let us learn about Spatial Database Queries.

Read More

SQL SERVER – What is Spatial Database? – Developing with SQL Server Spatial and Deep Dive into Spatial Indexing

What is Spatial Database? A spatial database is a database that is optimized to store and query data related to objects in space, including points, lines and polygons. While typical databases can understand various numeric and character types of data, additional functionality needs to be added for databases to process…
Read More

SQL SERVER – Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: Flat Maps for a Round Planet

Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: Flat Maps for a Round Planet SQL Server Technical Article Writers: Isaac Kunen Project Editor: Diana Steinmetz Published: July 2008 I recently read this very interesting white paper. I really found it very interesting as this one was one very easy to read and humourous…
Read More