SQL User Group meeting - 08 July 2014

This month is lightning talk Month

What is a lightning talk? : A lightning talk is a short 10 minute presentation in which the speaker only makes use of slides and no code demonstrations. There are 10 slots covering a wide range of topics from database engine fundamentals through to data base architecture.

Slot 1: Michael Johnson – Inside the column store index

Slot 2: Minette Steynburg – 5 SQL tips you may not know about.

Slot 3: Sean Pearce – Database compression for Query performance

Slot 4: Gareth Henry – Inmon Vs Kimball in 10 minutes

Slot 5: Gail Shaw - SQL Server recovery models in high speed

Slot 6: Alain Dormehl - Under-appreciated BCP vs Bulk Insert

Slot 7: Sifiso Ndlovu - 5 Reasons You Should Handle SQL Server Exceptions Using THROW Instead of RAISERROR

Slot 8: Luis de Sousa - SQL Server 2014 - Buffer Pool Extensions

Slot 9: Sandesh Nagaraj - Meet the Data Warehouse Administrator (DWA)

Slot 10: Howard Diesel - SQL skills development

SQL Saturday #327

Out next SQL Saturday has been approved for the 30th August and the portal has been created. There are some things we need from you.

If you intend to attend the event please register at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/327/register.aspx
If you would like to speak, please submit your topics here http://www.sqlsaturday.com/327/callforspeakers.aspx
If you or your company would be interested in sponsoring the event please contact us as Admin@sqlusergroup.co.za

Twitter

We also have a new Twitter account to keep you better informed. If you would like to receive more info you can follow @JHBSQLUserGroup