Application Development

As a Developer Lead on the Engine team Cesar worked on a number of new optimizations for SQL Server 2008.  The three biggest features were indexing for spatial and geographical data types, parallel execution for partitioned tables, and enhancements for star join processing.

Bruno talks about his work on the Engine team, developing the syntax for the new MERGE operator, which according to data warehousing metrics is much faster than in previous versions of SQL Server. He also talks about his background in client-side languages and how that helped him become part of…

Jing Chang is a Tester in the SQL Server Entity Framework.  She discusses her job as a tester for SQL Server and the challenges of her work. She works with entity frameworks, mapping and metadata. She also gives us an example of her daily life.

As a developer for the Relational Engine, Miles dealt with scalar expressions and data types. He worked on the improvement to add new DATETIME types and discusses the challenges of implementing multiple calendars (focused on the Islamic calendar).

Nikita Shamgunov talks about working with Semi-structured Data as the main owner of XML within SQL Server 2008, as well as engineering challenges for upgrading XML.

H3 Solutions, Inc. is a start-up based in the DC area that provides SharePoint consulting services and integrated SharePoint mobile solutions to both public sector and private sector customers. In this interview with Zhiming Xue “Z”, Mick Herres, VP of Technology, Joe Herres, VP of Product, and…

Nikita Shamgunov spricht in seiner Eigenschaft als Hauptverantwortlicher für den XML-Code innerhalb von SQL Server 2008 über die Arbeit mit semistrukturierten Daten sowie über Entwicklungsherausforderungen beim Aktualisieren von XML.

Synteractive is a DC-based start-up that provides global strategy and business solutions to clients. As a member of the project team assembled by award recipient Smartronix, Synteractive participated in building the new recovery.gov web site. This online platform enables every American citizen to…

Jun Fang is a Development Lead in the SQL Server team.  He led a team that was responsible for data type, sparse columns and wide table, and spatial support features.  Team pioneered the CLR feature in SQL, providing the extensibility framework for both internal and external programming…

Cesar Galindo-Legaria arbeitete an Erstellungs- und Nutzungsvorgängen von Partitionstabellen und räumlichen Abfragetabellen. Seine drei Hauptaufgaben waren spezielle Verarbeitungen, parallele Partitionstabellen und Tabellenausführungen, u. a. von geographischen und räumlichen Tabellentypen.