With Extended Support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 ending in July 2019, to be followed six months later by the end of Extended Support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 in January 2020 ...

Have you noticed that dynamic SQL is more popular today than ever before? There are a number of factors contributing to the success of dynamic SQL. Commercial off-the-shelf applications, such as SAP, ...

SQL Server 2012/2014 delivers compelling new capabilities that make an upgrade worthwhile. Many IT professionals agree that the AlwaysOn Availability Group (AG) feature offers the most value with its ...

One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record, the ...

I have written an application that takes in a fixed-width file (thanks in no small part to advice I recieved in a seperate thread) and then dissasembles each line, runs a fairly meaty SQL SELECT query ...

The company on Monday announced the general availability of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, which contains a number of key enhancements to the software, including full Windows Vista and Office 2007 ...

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