I will do a talk on sqlcmd basics in the next Chicago Sql Server User group meeting. The meeting will be held at Microsoft’s downtown Chicago office on 12/06/2005 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm. More details at here. I will post scripts and slides here when I am done editing. Hope to see you there.

Last night I did some testing and installation of Sql Server 2005 and Sql Server 2000. I installed the RTM version of Sql Server 2000 as the default instance first. I then installed RTM version of Sql Server 2005. Afterwards, I noticed that I couldn’t connect to my Sql Server 2000 instance any more. I…

Michiel Wories, a PM from Microsoft, did a great webcast on SQLCMD back in the summer. I highly recommend you to check it out.

I will be attending the launch tomorrow at McCormick Place. I will be wondering around and attending sessions. Feel free to stop me and say hi if you will be there. To get a glimpse of what I look like, check out the book I co-wrote on SSIS. I am the one on the upper…