December 2008 Entries
I've previously mentioned that the SQL Server 2008 Spatial data types are freely available for use in your .NET applications, regardless of whether you have SQL Server 2008 or not. This allows you to incorporate some powerful spatial capabilities right into your application.
(Look for "Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types" on this page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=228DE03F-3B5A-428A-923F-58A033D316E1&displaylang=en )
However, in most usage scenarios, there will come a time when you have an instance of a SQL Server spatial object in your .NET application, and need to commit it to your SQL Server 2008 database. How would you do this, without losing fidelity or...
As a matter of principal, not to mention terms of service, I don't often click on ads that appear on my own blog. But, when I see an ad on my site that interests me, I follow it (I believe Google knows who I am, so I don't get "credit" for that click).
Such was the case the other day when I saw a flashy plasma-lamp-like animated advertisement in my site's sidebar with the words "They're not just new forms of data... It's a new form of energy. SQL Server 2008".
I won't ask you to click on the ad from my...
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http://codemash.org/includes/CM-2009-Schedule.pdf