PASS 2006 Presentation: What I Wish Developers Knew About SQL Server 2005

By Bill Graziano on 15 December 2006 | 1 Comment | Tags: Presentations

You can download the PowerPoint presentation and demo scripts from my presentation at PASS this year. The presentation was titled "What I Wish Developers Knew About SQL Server 2005". All the scripts run against the AdventureWorks database.

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