We have meetings on the third Tuesday of every month.  Our group meets at the New Horizons Computer Learning Center on Beacon Parkway off Valley Avenue. Our normal room is room #9 but check the visual displays when you arrive to confirm.  Food is generally provided for each meeting.  If you plan on attending email steelcitysql@gmail.com so we can get an accurate head count to plan for food.

In an ongoing attempt to build the SQL Server Professional Community in Birmingham, we start each meeting with a 30 minute networking session.  Unless noted in the meeting notes the schedule for each meeting will be:

6:00 - 6:30 - Networking Session
6:30 - 7:30 - Presentation(s)
7:30 - 7:45 - Door prizes and Question & Answer session

***NOTICE***
601 Beacon Pkwy. West
Suite 106
Birmingham, Alabama, 35209
Once inside please check the room displays as the our room assignment may change from month to month.

Topic:	Fundamentals of Physical Join Operators
Date:	Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:00pm
Speaker:	Kevin Boles
Bio:	Kevin is a SQL Server expert, working exclusively with the product since version 6.5. With over fifteen years of database experience, he holds many SQL Server related certifications and is also an MCT and MVP. Kevin teaches occassionally and has been a very successful independent consultant for almost ten years. He is also a Mentor with SolidQ, a top-tier global SQL Server consulting firm. His passion is the relational engine, especially scalability, performance analysis and tuning.
Location:	New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Overview:	This is a wonderful session for those that don't yet grok the three types of joins available to the SQL Server engine or the scenarios for which each join type is optimal.  All will be explained here with some very slick visual demonstrations of internal data flow as well as TSQL code samples.  Getting more advanced we will also cover how bad performance can get when suboptimal joins are used and some things you might be able to do about that.
Sponsor:	SQL Saturday #112
Next Meeting:	March 20, 2012

SQL Saturday #112 is coming to Birmingham for the fourth edition of FREE SQL Server training on May 12, 2012.  Register now to reserve your spot!