Ed Katibah is blogging

Ed Katibah Is Blogging

February 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Microsoft, SQL Server

Ed Katibah, who has a long history with IBM and Informix and is now the spatial project manager for Microsoft’s SQL Server, is blogging.

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1 Tim Maddle // Mar 1, 2008 at 9:48 am

Thanks for pointing out this blog. I’m just about to install the new CTP to see if it can handle buffering large polygons a bit better. Given that SQL Server 2008 is still in CTP status, will it actually make its debut in 2009?
2 Ed Katibah // Mar 1, 2008 at 2:16 pm

While we are making no promises, things are on target to ship SQL Server 2008 in Q3 of 2008.

On the issue of “…buffering large polygons a bit better…”, let me know what problems you’ve been having. We are actively fixing any bugs or misbehavior we can find.
3 Tim Maddle // Mar 2, 2008 at 8:56 am

@Ed,
My problem was that when I tried to buffer a particular large, complex polygon, SQL Server would start grabbing a lot of memory (hundreds of megabytes) and I would always have to stop the SQL Server process before the buffering could complete. PostGIS seems to handle the process a lot better, buffering the polygon in a few seconds. I’m instaling the new CTP now. Once done, I’ll try the buffer again and see if I get the same result. If so, I’ll zip the shapefile that I imported into SQL Server and indicate the polygon that’s giving me problems.
4 Abe // Mar 3, 2008 at 8:55 pm

@Ed

I vote to rename your blog to “Spatial Ed.” Come on, it’s too good to pass up!
5 Ed Katibah // Mar 3, 2008 at 10:16 pm

@Tim,
When you are ready, let me know (ed.katibah at microsoft.com) and I’ll set up a site to drop the shapefile off.

@Abe,
I’ll consider it…
6 Ed Katibah // Mar 5, 2008 at 10:04 pm

@Abe
It is as you have wished…
7 Abe // Mar 5, 2008 at 11:10 pm
8 Tim Maddle // Mar 6, 2008 at 6:05 pm

I emailed Ed my problem shapefile. Ed ran a buffer on the problem polygon and the process seems to be much improved. Thanks, Ed.