By Tyler Chessman, 02/22/2006
Add compression capabilities to SQL Server 2005 by leveraging the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and taking advantage of the new varbinary(max) data type.
By Tyler Chessman, 02/22/2006
If you're embarking on a solution for compressing data, you'll find this compression overview helpful.
By Tyler Chessman, 01/13/2006
SQL Server Projects restrict the custom .NET assemblies you can reference.
By Tyler Chessman, 10/18/2005
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition provide many SQL Server 2005 features and are geared toward the needs of developers and smaller organizations.
By John Paul Cook, 04/19/2005
SMO, the new programming access layer in SQL Server 2005, lets you quickly and easily develop applications while reducing coding errors and increasing the likelihood that your ...
By John Paul Cook, 04/27/2004
Learn how to configure Oracle database servers to use Windows authentication and about the security implications involved.
By John Paul Cook, 04/27/2004
SQL*Plus lets you query, modify, and manipulate Oracle database objects as well as carry out database maintenance activities.
By John Paul Cook, 10/24/2001
Linking servers is fairly straightforward when they're all SQL Servers--but what happens when your company has data in both SQL Server and Oracle? Here's a guide to what Microsoft ...
By John Paul Cook, 10/24/2001
Some SQL Server system stored procedures can help you obtain Oracle metadata from a linked Oracle server.
By John Paul Cook, 10/24/2001
Learn how to deal with differences in how SQL Server and Oracle treat transaction commitment.
By John Paul Cook, 10/24/2001
To fully analyze an Oracle linked-server query, you need to use Oracle's SQL Trace facility.
By John Paul Cook, 10/24/2001
You can't use a linked server to execute an Oracle stored procedure from SQL Server, but you can update an Oracle table from a linked-server query.