The Bicentennial

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The Bicentennial

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May 31, 2013 at 1:56 am

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Luke L SSC-Dedicated Points: 35547 More actions · Answer 1

Steve, I'll be attending tomorrow as well. Ive been looking forward to this event for a while now. The SQL Saturday events I have attended have all been great expieriences both for learning and networking. Thanks to you and Andy for getting the ball rolling.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Luke.

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Dalkeith Hall of Fame Points: 3718 More actions · Answer 2

Good luck and thanks for starting these off.

I am attending SQLSaturday in Edinburgh on the 8th of June

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 247131 More actions · Answer 3

Bicentennial? A bit older than I would have expected

Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125590 More actions · Answer 4

I was at SQL Saturday here in Atlanta a couple weekends back, and it was great. Steve Busby gave a presentation on SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, which I found very interesting. In the demo, he was running an aggregate query that performed a table scan across 240 billion rows in one second.

Also, the previous Friday, I attended Adam Machanic's full-day session on parallelism and performance and would highly reccomend it.

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125590 More actions · Answer 5

Phil Parkin (5/31/2013)
Bicentennial? A bit older than I would have expected

Yes, the first SQL Saturday took place in Cambridge in May 1813, where a young Charles Babbage demonstrated a prototype of his new difference engine running SQL Server v1.0.

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

batgirl SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4979 More actions · Answer 6

I attended my first in Detroit a few months back and it was great.

Second for me is Columbus on 6/8 - I'm looking forward to it.

John Hanrahan Hall of Fame Points: 3825 More actions · Answer 7

I went to the one in Redmond a couple of weeks back. I enjoyed it, especially learning more about HDInsight. As an old time programmer (TRS-80 with a cassette tape) I was tickled that the circle is now complete. Big data is just the same as ancient data.

tabinsc SSCommitted Points: 1812 More actions · Answer 8

Eric M Russell (5/31/2013)
I was at SQL Saturday here in Atlanta a couple weekends back, and it was great. Steve Busby gave a presentation on SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, which I found very interesting. In the demo, he was running an aggregate query that performed a table scan across 240 billion rows in one second.
Also, the previous Friday, I attended Adam Machanic's full-day session on parallelism and performance and would highly reccomend it.

I was there as well. They said it was the largest turnout ever for a SQLSaturday event. Great experience in a very nice venue also.

Tony
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