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Types of Spatial Data

Excerpt by Don Kiely

SQL Server includes two spatial data types-Geometry and Geography-that encapsulate the database's support for spatial data.

This course excerpt was originally posted November 25, 2013 from the online courseware SQL 2012 Developer, Part 09 of 13: Advanced Data Types by Don Kiely


The HierarchyID Data Type

Excerpt by Don Kiely

As the name suggests, relational databases are best at storing and retrieving relational data.

This course excerpt was originally posted November 22, 2013 from the online courseware SQL 2012 Developer, Part 08 of 13: Advanced T-SQL Queries by Don Kiely


Project Templates

Excerpt by Doug Ware

The first thing you do when building a new solution in Visual Studio 2010 is to select a project template.

This course excerpt was originally posted November 20, 2013 from the online courseware SharePoint 2010: Developer by Doug Ware


Overview of the Entity Framework

By Martin Schaeferle

Suppose you are designing a database application from scratch.

This blog entry was originally posted November 18, 2013 by Martin Schaeferle