At PDC 2010 Microsoft showed the new Async features of coming C# (and VB.NET) versions, and quite a lot has been written about it already. Part of the Async CTP is TPL Dataflow, and this has gone somewhat un-noticed.
SQL Server Denali CTP 1 SUX
.. from a relational developers perspective!!
Well, the title may be a bit harsh, but at least it grabbed your attention - did it not?!
A week ago, or so, I wrote a wish list to Santa for Denali from a relational developers perspective. In that wish list I wrote that there has been fairly little love for relational SQL developers in the recent versions of SQL Server, and that I hoped in this version (i.e Denali) Microsoft would “go back to the roots” and give us developers some new stuff.
Beginners F# Resources
This post is more as a reminder to myself where to find online resources when learning F#. If anyone else can find it useful, so much better. And, if anyone out there has other online, resources, please leave a comment and I will include it. So, in no particular order:
- Introductory article by Luke Hoban in MSDN Magazine.
- An online book about F#.
- Tutorial, by Dejan Jelovic, about getting started with F# from a C# developers perspective.
- Brian McNamara has great info and resource list, highly recommended.
Finally, a list like this would be incomplete without the link to the Man himself: Don Syme
More T-SQL Error Functionality in Denali / SQL 11
In my previous
post I wrote about the new THROW keyword in Denali / SQL 11. Having played around a bit more with Denali, I wanted to write some additional things about THROW and it’s relation to RAISERROR.
New T-SQL Features in SQL 11 / Denali - Error Handling
A couple of days ago I wrote my wish-list to Santa what I wanted to see in next version of SQL Server (SQL 11 / Denali). I was pleasantly surprised that I could find out for myself shortly after; i.e. SQL Server Denali CTP1 was released during the PASS Summit. I have literally finished installing the next version of SQL Server (Denali / SQL 11) on a new VM, like 10 minutes ago, and I have done a quick check of the new features of SQL Server Denali (what I could find at least) against my wish-list.
More about new features in SQL 11 / Denali
So yesterday I posted my wish-list for new programmability features in the upcoming release of SQL 11 / Denali.
Today I see that Simon S has posted about a new series of posts he will do, covering what is new in SQL 11. Knowing Simon, it will be really, really good. So if you are interested I suggest you keep your eyes open for his posts.
UPDATE: Ben C commented and said that CTP1 has been released (or something to that effect), and here is where it can be downloaded from.
