Comments on: Ed Katibah is blogging

By: Tim Maddle

Tim Maddle — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:05:59 +0000

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

By: Abe

Abe — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:10:17 +0000

By: Ed Katibah

Ed Katibah — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:04:16 +0000

@Abe
It is as you have wished…

By: Ed Katibah

Ed Katibah — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:16:17 +0000

@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…

By: Abe

Abe — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:55:59 +0000

@Ed

I vote to rename your blog to “Spatial Ed.” Come on, it’s too good to pass up!

By: Tim Maddle

Tim Maddle — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:56:42 +0000

@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.

By: Ed Katibah

Ed Katibah — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:16:13 +0000

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.

By: Tim Maddle

Tim Maddle — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:48:57 +0000

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?