Code for T_SQL kullanımını kolaylaştıran ve hızlandıran, bilinmeyen teknikler is here. Enjoy!

You can download the code and slides for the ASP.NET Mobil Kontrolleri ile Gelişen Mobil Web Uygulamaları session. Enjoy!

Download the OpenWave Phone Emulator 7.0 here.

To view the application point your mobile browser here.

You can download the Sorgu Yöneticisi - SQL CLR in Action code and powerpoint session here. Enjoy!

I've been tagged so I have to tell you 5 things you might not know about me. 

1)  I have suffered hearing loss as a child.   

2)  When I was a small boy my parents took me to the circus at Madison Square Garden. They bought the special seats so I would be chosen to ride around in the rings. I loved it, I was waving to everyone inside the world’s most famous arena-I remember it like it was yesterday.  When I got back to my seat my mom asked me: “Did you like it?” Little 5 year old me replied: “It was ok. I am surprised they did not give me a speaking part.”

3)  When I was 17, I was riding my bike and I was hit by a car and left for dead on the side of the road where I broke all my ribs. When I got up my first words were “where’s my bike?”

4)  I do not have a daughter in Australia, nor did I ever date Britney Spears.

5)  I actually get more pleasure when the Yankees lose then when the Mets win.

In order to keep the "chain" going I tag Richard Campbell, Clemens Vasters, Carl Franklin, Fahad Majeed, and Hans Verbeeck.

We are hiring a DBA at my company Corzen and instead of looking at resumes/cvs we are looking at how people solve particular SQL problems-not just the solution but the approach they take. (Do you use temp tables, (nolock), CTEs, table alias, etc.)

Here are the five test questions we ask. (If you want to come work here, just email me the answers.)

Here are three TSQL problems that can judge how you approach a SQL problem. There are no real wrong answers, but the more efficient and bulletproof the query is the better. No cheating and no cursors! Don't cheat and don't google the answers (we'll know.)

Step 1: run SetupTSQLProblems.sql in any database.

Problem 1.

Finding Duplicate Products in the Product table. Write a query to list only the duplicated products in the Products table. Assume that the dupe is the product with the highest Product_ID. The results of your SQL statement should be:

Dupe_Product_ID	Dupe_Product_Name	Dupe_Price	Parent_Product_ID	Parent_Product_Name
7	Widgets	88	1	Widgets

Problem 2.

Assign rooms to classes based on capacity using the Classes and Rooms tables. Rules: each class should have a room (and NULL if a room is not available). No class can be in a room where there are more students than capacity. No room can be used twice.

The results of your SQL statement should be:

class	students	room	capacity
Advanced SQL Queries	65	225	70
Introduction to C#	52	224	60
XQuery Deep Dive	35	222	40

Problem 3.

Make the following static pivot dynamic in AdventureWorks, assume that the orderyear can increment to 2005 and 2006. Assume that order years can skip.

SELECT *

FROM (SELECT CustomerID, YEAR(OrderDate) AS orderyear, TotalDue

      FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader) as Header

PIVOT(SUM(TotalDue) FOR orderyear IN([2002],[2003],[2004])) as Piv

Problem 4.

You have a piece of XML:

<office id="NYC">

  <Employees>

    <employee num="1">Steveemployee>

    <employee num="2">Alemployee>

    <employee num="3">Mikeemployee>

    <employee num="4">Malishaemployee>

  Employees>

office>

<office id="Cairo">

  <Employees>

    <employee num="1">Remonemployee>

    <employee num="2">Lameesemployee>

    <employee num="3">Bassmaemployee>

  Employees>

office>

<office id="Pune">

  <Employees>

    <employee num="1">Vinayemployee>

    <employee num="2">Pradeepemployee>

    <employee num="3">Rashmiemployee>

    <employee num="4">Sujataemployee>

    <employee num="5">Ajitemployee>

  Employees>

office>

<office id="Karachi">

  <Employees>

    <employee num="1">Amratemployee>

  Employees>

office>

A. Using the XML datatype, write an XQuery to return the 3^rd employee in the NYC office. Your results should look like:

EmployeeName

Mike

B. Using the XML datatype, write an XQuery to return the 3^rd employee in each office. Your results should look like:

EmployeeName

Mike

Bassma

Rashmi

Problem 5.

Using adventureworks, rank each salesperson by total sales in 2004 with the rank starting over for each country. Do not use temp tables, self joins, or cursors.

CountryName	SalesPersonID	TotalSales	SalesRank
Australia	290	955311.5851	1
Australia	288	35006.4385	2
Canada	285	2411105.152	1
Canada	278	755593.2997	2
Canada	268	15655.2241	3
France	286	1832662.467	1
France	284	2278.3269	2
Germany	289	1121896.781	1
Germany	284	74363.4408	2
United Kingdom	282	1648152.541	1
United Kingdom	284	54036.9765	2
United States	276	2534645.3	1
United States	275	2053782.757	2
United States	277	1824701.882	3
United States	279	1446386.797	4
United States	281	1429353.893	5
United States	287	1114278.877	6
United States	283	901142.2512	7
United States	280	871513.6294	8
United States	268	318200.2683	9

Enjoy!

See Steve Ballmer open the NASDAQ today alongside fellow RD Tim Huckaby at 9:30AM EST. Then you can watch SteveB and Tim launch Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 at 4:30PM EST. Tim is doing the demo of the Scripps Cancer Research solution (the one he let me demo at the PDC). Watch the demo here.

Today Garry talks about me whining on Mt. Rainer (not true!) as well as the David Sharp story and the commercialization of Everest. Read it here.

Part II of Gary's interview is here.

Catch it here.

Check out Part I of my three part interview with mountain climber Garry Porter.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

SQL Server Express for the .NET Developer

Subject:   This presentation, recently presented at VSLive, will get you up and running with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, the latest free version of SQL Server available to use and redistribute with your database applications. Learn how you can leverage features available specifically in the Express edition. We’ll compare Express with the other SQL Server 2005 editions, and describe scenarios that Express is particularly well-suited for. Find out how to handle the configuration of new SQL Server 2005 features, such as CLR integration, in the context of new features available only in Express, such as user instances. Explore features such as dynamic database attachment, security, advanced services and more.

Speaker:   Leonard Lobel, twentysix New York

Leonard Lobel is a Senior Consultant with twentysix New York, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in New York City. Programming since 1979, his experience spans a variety of business domains, including publishing and retail store management. Lenni has served as chief architect and senior developer for various organizations, ranging from small shops to high-profile clients. He is also a consultant and trainer, and has been a contributing editor to Visual Studio Magazine. Lenni is also the lead developer of six of Microsft's Starter Kits and Sample Applications for SQL Server Express Edition.

Date:   Thursday, November 16, 2006  

Time:   Reception 6:00 PM , Program 6:15 PM  

Location:    Microsoft , 1290 Avenue of the Americas (the AXA building - bet. 51st/52nd Sts.) , 6th floor 

Directions:  B/D/F/V to 47th-50th Sts./Rockefeller Ctr

1 to 50th St./Bway

N/R/W to 49th St./7th Ave.