9th September 2008

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In this article, Nidal talks about the available enhancements in the group by clause of SQL Server 2008. The grouping sets feature allows the developer to group data selected in the same select statement into different groups. He examines the techniques involved with the help of relevant SQL statements followed by analysis and a screen shot.

http://aspalliance.com/1716_SQL_Server_2008_New_Features__Grouping_Sets

Editor's Comments

A while back CSharpFeeds.com received a facelift. The site has a much cleaner appearance and is much easier to use. For those of you who don’t know, the site aggregates posts of interest to C# developers, and can always use new content. If you know of any good C# related RSS feeds we are not aggregating, go there and submit the feed for consideration for C# Feeds. The site has been gaining traffic for a while now, and is currently looking for volunteers who are passionate about C# to help with moderating the posts it receives. If you're interested, email me and let me know why you'd make a good C# moderator.

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