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SQL Server 2008 Spatial data - geography & geometry, all in one

Published 20 March 8 3:32 AM | SSQA.net

Geography & Geometry has much significance in day to day life, within that as a data now you can manage within your Database using SQL Server 2008 new data type - spatial, this represents information about the physical location and shape of geometric...

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SQL Server 2008 Data Compression, what it is - how does it work?

Published 3 December 7 7:54 AM | SSQA.net

As you know data compression facility is added onto the SQL Server 2008 version, though this is not a new feature and I would call it as an enhanced feature in SQL Server. This subject of data compression has already been introduced in SQL Server 2005...

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New feature in SQL Server 2008 - compression how it works?

Published 3 October 7 9:42 AM | SSQA.net

Since the release of SQL Server 2008 (last 2 CTPs) users are anxiously awaiting for data compression feature, so how it is handled in this version and what it does, is it a good thing? Data compression enables you to store your data more effectively and...

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SQL Server 2008 'Katmai' to feature Spatial Support

Published 10 July 7 3:2 AM | SSQA.net

Cross-post from VirtualEarth live spaces that has featured handling Virtual Earth data with upcoming SQL Server 2008....( read more ) Read More...

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New and old blend of data-types in SQL Server 2008

Published 9 July 7 9:8 AM | SSQA.net

By now you might have seen on blogs and documentation that there are new datatypes introduced in SQL Server 2008, they are: DATE - ANSI-compliant date data type TIME - ANSI-compliant time data type with variable precision DATETIMEOFFSET - timezone aware...

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SQL Server 2008 - Change Data Capture: new feature

Published 20 June 7 4:34 PM | SSQA.net

Let us talk briefly about the new feature that is introduced within SQL Server 2008 aka Katmai. Change Data Capture (CDC) is (similar to triggers: INSERTED & DELETED tables) the 'new boy in SQL Server town' that records the DML activities...

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