Welcome to the Melbourne CBD SQL PASS Chapter. We are a SQL Server special interest group that forms part of the Victoria .NET Dev SIG.

We meet at lunch time (12:30PM start 2:00PM finish) mostly on the 2nd Monday of each month at:

Innovation@257
Level 1, 257 Collins Street Melbourne (Click here for map)

Our dates for 2009 are: Jan 12th, Feb 9th, Mar 16th, Apr 20th, May 4th, Jun 15th, Jul 13th, Aug 10th, Sep 14th, Oct 12th, Nov 9th, Dec 14th.

It is really important that you register for the meetings as we have limited space and to allow us to plan catering. RSVP by emailing info @ sqldownunder.com.

Answering the queries your users really want to ask
Greg Low

Developers like queries that are very constrained. Users don't. In this session, Greg will show how iFTS in SQL Server 2008 allows developers to build systems that answer the queries the users really want to ask. Greg received rave reviews of this session when he delivered it at TechEd Developers in Barcelona recently. If you haven't used FTS in earlier versions of SQL Server, have used it and have some old pain associated with it or are using it and want to see what's changed, this session is a must.

About Greg

Greg Low is an internationally-recognised  Consultant, developer and trainer. He has been working in development since 1978, holds a PhD in Computer Science and a host of Microsoft certifications.
 
Greg is the country lead for Solid Quality (www.solidq.com.au), a SQL Server MVP and a Microsoft Regional Director.

Greg is one of only two people in the world to hold the new Microsoft Masters  certification for SQL Server 2008 and teaches internal classes for Microsoft on their Redmond campus.