Monthly Archives: February 2008

Scottish Developers Events Newsletter

I mentioned in my last newsletter that time just seems to get faster. Technology is pulling forward at a relentless pace. Windows 1.0 had an API of just 450 functions. That is an achievable amount to remember for many developers. … Continue reading

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Mixins in C# 3.0

This is something I’ve been mulling around in my head for a few days now. “Out of the box” C# 3.0 does not support mixins, but I think you can get some of the abilities of a mixin with what … Continue reading

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Behave yourselves!

Here is some advice on how to behave properly on internet forums: How To Behave On An Internet Forum     Technorati Tags: behave,forum,internet,video

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Slide Deck from my session at NESDNUG

The slide deck from the session on SQL Server 2008 Spatial Queries I did at the North East Scotland .NET User Group is available for downloading from my website. As requested on the night here is the link to the … Continue reading

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Slide Deck now available

The slide deck for the presentation I gave at the Scottish SQL Server User Group, “Where’s My Data? An Introduction to spatial queries in SQL Server 2008″, earlier this week is now available either from my website or from the … Continue reading

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How does the voting work for Developer Day Scotland

Developer Day Scotland is a BY the community FOR the community conference based on the Developer Developer Developer! community conference. We accept sessions from the community on any aspect of software development. When the call for speakers closes we go … Continue reading

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Developer Day Scotland Session Voting Open

The session voting for Developer Day Scotland has opened. Please go and select the sessions that you want to see.  

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Different ways to add point data in SQL Server 2008

  The spatial data can be added to a table by specifying the column type of geometry or geography. The exact detail of what is in the column can be varied as a spatial column can represent a point, line … Continue reading

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Spatial References in SQL Server 2008

In SQL Server 2008, each piece of spatial data must be tagged with an SRID (Spatial Reference Identifier). Geometry types can have a SRID of 0 (which means undefined) but geographies must have a defined SRID. By default geography types … Continue reading

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Scottish Developers Events newsletter

We’re in to February already! Time seems to get faster, and so does the pace at which technology changes. But never fear because we have some excellent events coming to help you keep up. In just over a week Richard … Continue reading

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