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3:05p - MSDN Webcasts
Just discovered the MS is going to offer a huge pile of webcasts regarding Yukon. I'm going to try to see as many as possible. I hate the idea of putting the CLR into SQL Server, but I should try to stay on top of it even if I never use it, if for no other reason than to keep pursuing certification on the platform.
SQL 2005 Beta 2 Technical Preview Week, - December 6-10, 2004.
Note that you can learn of new webcasts via RSS now. http://blogs.msdn.com/msdnwebcasts/ is the link. I've always found the webcasts to be quite helpful.
PS, why do I hate CLR in SQL Server? I don't see the place of a procedural language in the database. Per Codd and Date et al, it should be relational algebra and sets. I think it sacrifices tiered architecture because people will do loops and such instead of sets down at the database level and commit other relational sins. I like the ANSI standard, you know? Does .NET even have any set-based stuff in the way that ANSI SQL is set-based?
Actually, though I'm no rabid Celko fan, Joe Celko pretty much says it all in this article from Intelligent Enterprise Magazine.
I do think it could be really helpful in some triggers, but I have never used a trigger in an effort to maintain portable code.
current mood: 
awake