SQL logins are accounts that are stored in the SQL Server itself, and consist of a user name and password. This is the simpler of the two authentication types, but less flexible, since the account ...

Some Microsoft users say that the ability to write code for SQL Server 2005 in general-purpose .Net languages may lead them to change their approaches to database programming. But other IT ...

But for some users, this could be a feasible option. Extended support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is set to end in July 2019, and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 in January 2020.

Most educational ­environments rely heavily on databases, although the users who access them are probably more concerned with their front-end applications, which can be anything from a student class ...

Government agencies represent some of the largest users of SQL Server 2005, so its end of support presents a large challenge — as well as an opportunity. With so many agencies facing the same ...

In 2010 Google announced a SQL implementation to complement MapReduce, driven by internal user demand. More recently, Facebook released Presto, a SQL implementation to query its petabyte HDFS ...

Microsoft and Red Hat have collaborated for more than 4 years on SQL Server and have come up with a variety of ways to better manage the server internals for higher performance. For example, the ...

Only three of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.'s 30 developers have expertise in using the native programming language for Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server database. So for two major upcoming IT projects, the New ...