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Honored to be joining such an Elite Group

I am honored to have been chosen as a SQL Server MVP for the upcoming year for my work in the SQL Server Community. When I look at the list of MVPs I am truly humbled to be joining their company. I am looking forward to joining them in a couple weeks at the MVP Summit up in Seattle. Participating in...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 04-02-2008
Upcoming Presentation - SQL Server 2008 Overview

Coming up next week I will be giving a presentation to the San Diego SQL Server Users Group on Thursday, November 15th, giving an overview of some of the new features coming in SQL Server 2008. I will talk a lot about the vision of SQL Server 2008 as a Data Platform and also demo some of the features...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 11-08-2007
Slides and Code from Central Coast Code Camp

I had a great time in San Luis Obispo for the Central Coast Code Camp. Hopefully, they will be able to make it an annual event. All the attendees in my sessions were great and had great questions. I also enjoyed the Geek Dinner on Saturday and meeting some of other speakers and attendees at the Code...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 10-11-2007
San Luis Obispo Code Camp This Weekend - Sept. 22nd & 23rd

The first Central Coast Code Camp is happening this weekend up in San Luis Obispo, CA. I hear there are over 150 people registered for the event which is AWESOME. I will be giving two presentations at the event, one on New T-SQL Statements in SQL Server 2005 and then also a talk on SQL Server Reporting...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 09-18-2007
San Diego Code Camp Downloads - SQL Service Broker

It took me a few extra days to get my files uploaded but here they are. Thanks to everyone who attended the session. I hope everyone got enough out of the session to understand where they could potentially utilize Service Broker in their environment. For the right situation it is a great solution for...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 06-29-2006
San Diego Code Camp Downloads - T-SQL Enhancments in SQL 2005

It took me a few extra days to get my files uploaded but here they are. Thanks to everyone who attended the session, it was a great crowd and there were a lot of great questions about the new T-SQL features of SQL 2005. It is always fun to give this presentation because you can literally see people light...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 06-29-2006
San Diego ASP.Net SIG Slides and Code

I had the pleasure of speaking to the San Diego ASP.Net SIG group last week. The ASP.Net SIG in San Diego is a great group of people led by Dan Mathson and part of the San Diego .Net User Group family. There were about 40 people there with a good mix of developers and DBAs leading to some interesting...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 04-25-2006
SoCal Code Camp Recap - Slides and Files

I had a fantastic time at the SoCal Code Camp both as a presenter and attending some of the many great sessions. Many thanks to Woody Pewitt , Michele Leroux Bustamante , Brian Maso , & Daniel Egan for all their hard work and dedication to the event. Not only was there an outstanding variety of sessions...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 01-24-2006
This one time at Code Camp ...

I just found out that I had two sessions accepted for the Southern California Code Camp that is being held in Fullerton, CA on January 21–22, 2005. The Code Camp counselors are an elite group consisting of Woody Pewitt , Michele Leroux Bustamante , Brian Maso , & Daniel Egan . They have done a wonderful...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 01-10-2006
San Diego SQL UG Presentation

On Tuesday, December 13th, I was privileged to give a talk to the San Diego SQL Server Users Group. It was a great experience and there was a lot of discussion about how some of the new T-SQL and CLR features of SQL Server 2005 can be utilized. A couple of the biggest hits were ROW_NUMBER, RANK, and...

Posted to Andrew Karcher's Bits o' Data (Weblog) by akarcher on 12-20-2005

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