If you work with data — or want to — Microsoft SQL Server is a skill worth having in your back pocket. The 2025 Total Microsoft SQL Server Bundle gives you five courses and 17 hours of practical, real ...

In the last article we we looked at the new feature of .NET integration into the upcoming version of SQL Server 2005. This time we look at some more innovations in SQL Server by using the .NET ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

Technology Toolbox: VB.NET, C#, SQL Server "Yukon" All versions of SQL Server prior to SQL Server "Yukon" provide two ways to write procedural code that executes inside the database. The usual way is ...

When in March this year Microsoft announced that it was bringing SQL Server to Linux the reaction was one of surprise, with the announcement prompting two big questions: why and how? SQL Server is one ...

As quoted by John Chambers, we are on the brink of a new digital era that will represent "the biggest technology transition ever." There is a notable shift toward dedicated servers among the changes ...

I want to tip my cap to RDN columnist Peter Varhol who pointed me to a Joel Spolsky blog post expressing profound exasperation at the way Microsoft reveals delays. Spolsky savages the doublespeak ...

Last month we looked at the upcoming MS SQL Server 2005 Beta 2. In this version, the programmability of SQL Server is not anymore restricted only to SQL statements. You can now create solutions in SQL ...