Platinum Sponsors
 

13th September 2008 Hatfield, Hertfordshire

Session Details - Advanced XML in SQL Server

FOR XML, namespaces, nested XML, xquery, shredding hierarchical data, are some of the complex XML functions that you will encounter if you start delving into the XML world in SQL Server. We will look at the internals of the XML type and XML Indexes, the different ways to shred data and the reasons why each is best suited and other advanced tips and tricks to get round some advanced XML requirements.

Simon Sabin
Simon is an independent Database consultant specialising in the world of search, distributed architectures, business intelligence and application development. He has worked with SQL Server since 1998 and has always focused on high performance reliable systems. He was awarded as an MVP in 2006 and is regular speaker at SQL Server events as well as writing for SQLServerCentral and Simple-Talk.com.

Other sessions from this conference

A Testing Time... (Downloads) (Video)
A walk down memory lane (Downloads) (Video)
Advanced T-SQL (2005 and 2008) (Downloads) (Video)
Choices, Choices - Loading and Modelling Slowly Changing Dimensions in the SQL Server 2008 Suite (Downloads) (Video)
Data Vizualisation - Make your reports useful to business - No more "Speed Dials" (Downloads) (Video)
Does your cube support your users reporting needs? (Downloads) (Video)
Don't try this at work ! (Downloads) (Video)
End to End Report Creation and Management using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Downloads) (Video)
Getting more value from your data through data mining. (Downloads) (Video)
Head in the Cloud... (Downloads) (Video)
How to approach zero downtime database upgrades (Downloads) (Video)
Indexes Basically (Downloads) (Video)
Microsoft's integrated end-to-end BI offering. (Downloads) (Video)
Performance Monitoring Using SQL Server Management Studio - power of Management Data Warehouse (Downloads) (Video)
Small Problem - Simple Solution: Lookup Tables (Downloads) (Video)
SQL Server – Under New Management (Downloads) (Video)
SQL Server 2008 for Developers (Downloads) (Video)
Understanding Query Cache and Query Plans (Downloads) (Video)
Useful Sql'y stuff that I've picked up over the years (Downloads) (Video)
Where’s my data? An introduction to Spatial Queries in SQL Server 2008 (Downloads) (Video)