SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP available now

blog@tobo.ch — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:41:40 GMT

I just received the notification mail that the August CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2 will be available today (for MSDN and Technet Subscribers; public on 12th of August), and that I can start now registering myself for the Preview of Project Gemini. That’s what I’m waiting for, for a long time now. So hopefully I will get the invitation for the Gemini preview. I’m very interested in testing out Gemini and see what chances and what challenges will come up for our future projects.

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Adventure Works Light

blog@tobo.ch — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:52:18 GMT

I've downloaded the new lighweight sample database "Adventure Works LT" (LT stands for light) from codeplex (http://www.codeplex.com/MSFTDBProdSamples). This database was introduced from Microsoft as a small and handy sample without the complexity of the full Adventure Works OLTP database. Compared with the full AW database which has 70 tables with a size of 183MB the light version just contains 12 tables with a size of 7MB. As you can see in the following diagram, it is more overviewable and allows a better understanding, specially if you use it for your demonstrations.

Adventure Works LT

Adventure Works OLTP

Source: http://www.codeplex.com/MSFTDBProdSamples

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