Come to the UK SSUG
Support your local user group!
If you missed out on attending the UK SSUG Meeting in London last night then you missed an excellent evening, OK if you can't get to London Victoria beacuse you're in Scotland fair enough, but with the close proximity to Victoria station and underground it's an easy to get to location and you get free food and drink.
Subjects covered last night were x64 and cursors, so thanks to Christian and Eric.
There should be another meeting in London in two months time, next month should be at Reading, not quite so easy to get to except for me as I only live 11 miles from the Microsoft reading Campus!
Coming soon is SQL Bits III, this will be held in Hatfield ( where? )
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-emea-uk-goog-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=map
Note that this Hatfield is in Herts as against the Hatfields in Doncaster, Humberside or Leominster. I understand there may be a prize just for getting there as it must be within the absolute worst part of the UK motorway system - unless you know better ! I think I sense a nearness of location to a certain MVP but I could be wrong.
Here's what it says about Hatfield ( herts )
Hatfield is a modern town, situated either side of the A1(M) motorway and just a few miles north of the M25 motorway. Hmmm .. so they just built a motorway straight though it then.
Hatfield started as an old coaching town dating back to Saxon times. The town expanded following the railway's arrival in 1850 and in the 1930s, the growth was linked to the development of the aviation industry. Famous aircraft such as the Mosquito, the Comet and Trident were built here.Hmmm ... nothing much of late then.
I did search the Hatfield events page on www.hertfordshire.com, just in case SQL Bits was there, sadly there are no events listed for Hatfield this year.
So come along to a User Group meeting, it's always good to share experiences, problems and solutions; learning from your peers is probably the most effective method I know and no matter where you think you fit in the big picture there's always something you'll know that someone else will not, all systems and experiences are different. The most important point is that the only cost is your time.