Welcome to the Pacific Northwest SQL Server User Group (PNWSQL) web site!

We meet every second Wednesday of the month on the Microsoft Redmond Campus, usually in Building 35/Kalaloch (just behind reception.) Check the signs when you arrive to confirm.

The PNWSQL group is one of the original SQL Server User Groups, meeting monthly on the Microsoft Redmond campus since the early 1990's.

Directions: From I-5 or I-405, go east on SR-520 toward Redmond, take the 40th Street exit, turn right at the end of the ramp, continue straight through the first traffic light at 156th AVE NE, take the next right, and then first left.  Park in the lot on your right, when facing east, the meeting is the building to your left. Please consult this campus map for more information.

7:00 - 7:30 - Announcements and Technical Q&A
7:30 - 9:00 - Presentation

IMPORTANT: You must bring a current printout of this webpage or your email invitation to be admitted into the building. Register your name, vehicle make, model, license#, and picture ID at the registration desk. Your printout may also be used in a prize drawing.

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Meeting Date:   Location:   Guest Speaker:   Topic:	Wednesday, February 10, 2009 Building 35/Kalaloch Eric N. Hanson, Lead Program Manager, Microsoft SQL Server Core RDBMS Team Writing Applications that Make SQL Server 2008 Fly
Overview:	This talk presents a general overview of how to develop applications for SQL Server 2008 that perform well from the start. It’s relevant to a broad range of SQL server developers and DBAs. We cover general techniques including logical and physical database design, plus specific details about using SQL Server 2008 most effectively, with an emphasis on the latter.  We cover effective use of statistics and indexes, how to intelligently balance query compile time vs. plan optimality, pitfalls associated with use of parameters and local variables in queries and how to avoid them, effective use of constraints to speed query processing, breaking queries into pieces to work around cardinality and cost estimation problems, and the benefits and costs of compression.

Job Posting for SQL Instructors – Bellevue Community College
Bellevue Community College Continuing Education is looking for part-time instructors in the following areas: SQL Server 2008, T-SQL Programming, SSAS, SSIS and SSRS.  We hire instructors with a great combination of technical skills and teaching or training experience.  Most classes are evenings or Saturdays.   If you are interested please send an email and resume to keiko.matter@bellevuecollege.edu.