South African SQL Server User Group revived

The first meeting of the revived South African SQL Server usergroup will be at 18:30 on Tuesday the 21st of October. The meeting will be held at the auditoriums at the Microsoft office, 3012 William Nicol Drive, Bryanston, Johannesburg. (directions)

I will be presenting a talk titled Effective Indexing. I’ll looking at the considerations for selecting clustered and non-clustered indexes, what should and should not be indexed and how queries affect the decision on indexing. If there’s time, I’ll also talk briefly on index maintenance. The talk is a slight modification of the one that I presented at TechEd South Africa this year.

The event is open to anyone interested in SQL Server. Please post a comment if you’re interested in attending.

24 Responses to “South African SQL Server User Group revived”

  1. Any chance on making your slides/notes public after the event? The Effective Indexing talk would be of particular interest to me.

    Ben said this on October 2nd, 2008 at 06:19

  2. I will definitely be attending. Looking forward to it!

    William said this on October 2nd, 2008 at 07:53

  3. I’ll definitely post the slides afterwards. I will need to add some details, as currently they’re just an outline

    Gail said this on October 2nd, 2008 at 11:47

  4. Sounds interesting… Add 1 more to the attendee list :)

    Thinus said this on October 2nd, 2008 at 15:41

  5. Excellent. I look forward to seeing you there.

    Gail said this on October 2nd, 2008 at 16:34

  6. See you there!

    Fridgi said this on October 6th, 2008 at 21:04

  7. I will be there!

    Christo said this on October 7th, 2008 at 07:31

  8. I’d like to attend as well.

    Gert said this on October 7th, 2008 at 08:07

  9. Will there be an event in Cape Town?

    Jody said this on October 7th, 2008 at 09:42

  10. I would be interested in attending.

    Mark said this on October 7th, 2008 at 10:28

  11. Will you be holding any events in Cape Town?

    Craig said this on October 7th, 2008 at 10:47

  12. Ahhh, some nice exposure for this event on SSC’s newsletter this morning:)

    Thinus said this on October 7th, 2008 at 11:06

  13. At the moment the events are going to be just JHB, because the two of us who are organising things live in JHB/PTA.

    I would like to expand to CT in the future, but it will be after things are running smootly in JHB.

    Gail said this on October 7th, 2008 at 11:17

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  15. Thinus: Indeed. It’s good to have friends in high places. :-)

    Gail said this on October 10th, 2008 at 15:52

  16. Great! I’ll be attending! :)

    Luis said this on October 10th, 2008 at 22:25

  17. I would be interested in attending.

    Christopher Viljoen said this on October 13th, 2008 at 15:33

  18. Sounds good, will attend.

    Simon Stewart said this on October 14th, 2008 at 10:12

  19. Gail, it was super to find out that you are reviving the group.Well done!!! This is something that we really need.

    As I mentioned, if there is enough interest I would be more than happy to present my PASS 2008 Summit Presentation “DTS 2000 migration to SSIS…makes financial sense !!” in November in Joh’burg when I am out there.I shall also be in CT during December if there are enough folks interested in seeing the presentation.
    My best to you all for your first meeting.

    sincerest regards
    Steve Simon
    State Street Corporation
    Boston USA

    Steve Simon said this on October 14th, 2008 at 20:24

  20. I will be there thanks

    Sue said this on October 16th, 2008 at 09:15

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  22. Myself and Reynard Helberg would be interested in attending.

    Kevin McClusky said this on October 20th, 2008 at 13:13

  23. Excellent!

    Gail said this on October 20th, 2008 at 14:45

  24. I Will be there thanks, so add me to the attendee list
    Kevin

    Kevin Taylor said this on October 20th, 2008 at 16:19

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