Leverage SQL Server 2008 in Your.Net Code with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 David Sackstein John Bryce Training

Agenda Introduction Table Valued Parameters The new MERGE command Change Tracking FILESTREAM Q & A Summary

Table-Valued Parameters Efficient row-by-row operations A new type representing a table Stored commands may accept table arguments Accessible from ADO.NET 3.5

TVP Performance Time to insert 10,000 rows

DEMO Table-Valued Parameters

The MERGE command Flexible, efficient support for merging changes New SQL command supporting UPSERT and DELETE Can be combined with TVP

DEMO The MERGE Command

Change Tracking Enables synchronization between local cache and database Improved over SQL Server 2005 – No change of schema required Enabled at database and table level Recognized by the LocalCache wizard

DEMO Change Tracking

FILESTREAM A fast way to store and retrieve BLOBS Fast as NTFS Managed like data in the database Requires – Enabling at database – Secondary FileGroup with FileStream enabled Can be accessed from ADO using a stream object.

FILESTREAM Performance Throughput in MB/sec:

DEMO Streaming with FILESTREAM

Q & A

Summary Introduction Table Valued Parameters The new MERGE command Change Tracking FILESTREAM

Additional Resources What’s new in SQL Server 2008 on MSDN My

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