After 17 years of non-stop development, SQL Server 2005 now has what it takes to give Oracle 10g and IBM DB2 a run for the money in the enterprise-scale, multiterabyte database market. But the SQL Server team didn't abandon its traditional small- and medium-size business customers.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2006
See how the LINQ syntax, specifically DLinq and XLinq, can increase your productivity and reduce the possibility for error.
New boon for mobile computing.
- By Patrick Meader
- 05/01/2006
A forthcoming Win32 upgrade to SSM joins SSE with SSX and Jet in Microsoft's new triumvirate of freely distributable database engines.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2006
This week the Eclipse Foundation launched a community portal called Eclipse Plugin Central (EPIC), which helps software developers find Eclipse plug-ins, tools, and products that enhance the Java software development lifecycle.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2006
Implement a Web service that performs a binary file transfer using Web Service Enhancements 3.0 and MTOM.
- By Martin Kulov
- 05/01/2006
Discover how SQL Server 2005's SQLCMD tool can enhance your scripting processes.
- By Josef Finsel
- 05/01/2006
You'll find several areas of interest regarding XML usage in SQL Server Reporting Services.
Sun's Web Services Interoperability Technology is a 2006 JavaOne Conference-opening highlight. Sun and Microsoft move another step forward to fulfill the promise of interoperability.
- By Terrence O'Donnell
- 05/01/2006
Ensure that your data is accurate, and find undetectable bugs in your applications with SQL Server's Data Integrity feature.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 05/01/2006
Learn how defining levels of database access, for both nonsensitive and sensitive data, can help protect you from system failure.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 05/01/2006
Database Definition Language (DDL) makes maintaining changes between your databases easier.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 05/01/2006
Take advantage of .NET 2.0's addition of generics to provide better collections functionality in your applications.
- By Jean-Paul Boodhoo
- 05/01/2006
Learn how to scope your variables correctly, as well as the rules governing definite assignment in C#.
- By Eric Gunnerson and Nick Wienholt
- 05/01/2006
SQL Server 2005's Type 4 JDBC driver provides database connectivity from a Java application. Though the driver class and connection URL are a bit different in this version, connectivity is a snap.
- By Deepak Vohra
- 05/01/2006
A reader concurs with Peter Varhol about the need to keep up your skills; also, a reader argues that technology isn't an end in itself, although developers often forget this.
Check out these publications, tools, SDKs, and community sites for additional information about SQL Server.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2006
Today and tomorrow were front and center at the technical general session of Sun's mega-event, the 2006 JavaOne Conference in San Francisco.
- By Peggy Aycinena
- 05/01/2006
Learn about SQLCLR, writing database objects in managed code, and configuring SQL Server to use code located within .NET assemblies.
- By Jason Follas
- 05/01/2006
Microsoft posted on April 18, 2006 the RTM version of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 Developer, Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise, and Express editions. Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, including fully supported database mirroring, bug fixes, and add-ons for SQL Express.
- By Roger Jennings
- 04/26/2006