Hi, all;

The countdown to the NY/NJ SQL Saturday event this upcoming Saturday has begun.  And it's NOT TOO LATE to Register if you are or will be in the NY/NJ - TriState Area.  Jacob Sebastion and Michael Coles will be joining me to bring you fantastic back-to-back presentations.  Prizes, giveaways, SQL Knowledge, and FREE LUNCH, will all be given away at this FREE event.  Please see all the details and links below on where to go and how to register.

Hope to see you there!!

 - Robert Pearl

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NY/NJ SQL Saturday Event Details - October 24, 2009

NJSQL/NYCSQL Saturday Event on October, 24th (Registration Required)

Here are the details, of my previously announced SQL Saturday event hosted by the NY/NJ SQL Server Professional Group in NJ's Microsoft HQ:

This is my first SQL Saturday presentation event, and I am honored that I will be accompanied by SQL MVP's Jacob Sebastian and Michael Coles.

Special thanks to the SQLDiva herself, Melissa Demsak, leader of the NJ SQL User Group!

Seating is limited, so if you'll be in the New York, New Jersey area, REGISTER now! Look forward to seeing you there! See details below:

The NJ and NYC SQL Server User Groups would like to invite you to a FREE Saturday Event featuring Jacob Sebastian (India).

Date: Saturday, October 24th

Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm (Sign-in begins at 8:15am)

Location: Microsoft Office (Iselin, NJ)

Registration: Required

For Registration Link/Bios/Topic Summary/More Detail, please see:
http://njsql.org/blogs/user_group_news/pages/NJSQL_2F00_NYCSQL-Saturday-Event-_2D00_-Saturday_2C00_-October-24th-_2800_9am_2D00_3pm_2900_.aspx

User Group Websites:
NJSQL - http://njsql.org/Default.aspx
NJSQL Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nj-sql-server-user-group
NYC - http://nycsqlusergroup.com/

Sponsors: Red-Gate, Moore-Stephens Business Solutions, LLC, Pearl
Knowledge Solutions, Inc, Apress

Swag: Books, SQLCentric License, Cool Stuff from Red-Gate

Presentation #1
Speaker: Michael Coles (Clifton, NJ)
Topic: "Where in the World?" -- Spatial Data in SQL Server 2008

Presentation #2
Speaker: Robert Pearl (New York, NY - Pearl Knowledge Solutions, Inc. - www.pearlknows.com)
Topic: Who Did it and Ran?

Presentation #3
Speaker: Jacob Sebastian ( India - http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/jacob/ )
Topic: Best practices for exception handling and defensive programming in SQL Server