When you're developing a data-centric application, you have a lot of choices just at the database level: SQL Server, Azure Table Storage, DocumentDB, MongoDB, … the list goes on . Having tools in your ...

Advanced techniques such as save points and nested transactions are not supported. SQL Server CE 4.0 will be released as a beta next week. You can read more about SQL CE on Scott Guthrie’s blog.

One SQL Server 2005 feature, called Report Builder, can build customized reports drawn on data held in Oracle products and Hyperion Solutions’ Essbase database, Microsoft said.

Erik Ejlskov Jensen's SQLite/SQL Server Compact Toolbox is one of those must-have tools for working with SQLite and SQL Server Compact. It operates both as a standalone application and a Visual Studio ...