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ADO.NET Checklist
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Check these points on your list for better ADO.NET code
ADO.NET, the middleware that enables database access, is at the core of every .NET-based database application. Therefore, the proper use of ADO.NET is the most crucial factor in writing efficient, high-performing database applications. Checking the following eight points will help you ensure that your ADO.NET applications are performing their best.
* Use the .NET Data Provider for SQL Server. ADO.NET offers three data provi...
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SQL Server 2005 Is Here
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SQL Server Versions
SQL Server Magazine
; (ProQuest: denotes formulae omitted.) Most organizations have multiple SQL Server systems installed, and now that Microsoft has released several different service packs for SQL Server 2005, chances are you're also running multiple versions. This can be a problem because some features require a
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Looking at Future SQL Server 2000 Coverage
SQL Server Magazine
; Q Now that SQL Server 2005 has shipped, are you going to abandon all the SQL Server 2000 users who still rely on that platform for their production databases? A Absolutely! Who wants to write about old technology when there's new stuff to pky with? All you legacy SQL Server 2000 professionals are
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The SQL Server Steamroller
SQL Server Magazine
; Some Microsoft product divisions have languished in slow growth for the past several years, but SQL Server isn't one of them. In sharp contrast to most of Microsoft and the computer industry in general, SQL Server posted double-digit growth numbers for Q3 2005. Even more impressive is the fact that
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SQL Server as a Data Platform . . . Finally
SQL Server Magazine
; In my August 2007 editorial "Too Soon for SQL Server 2008?" (InstantDoc ID 96028), I claimed that many businesses running SQL Server as their database platform wouldn't be ready to migrate to SQL Server 2008. I still think that Microsoft's SQL Server release schedule isn't giving its customers time
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SQL Server Downloads
SQL Server Magazine
; When you're looking for SQL Server-related add-ons and resources, you can find updates, tools and utilities, code samples, product documentation, and SQL Server technologies on the SQL Server home page (httpwww.rmcrosoft.com/sql). But most people don't realize that the bulk of Microsoft's SQL
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SQL Server 7.0 Debuts.(Microsoft)(Product Announcement)
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; The industry press has been really abusive when talking of Microsoft Corp. and its ability to work its way into the enterprise of large corporations. There is lots of talk about Windows NT, SQL Server and other Microsoft products and the ability they have to scale. Performance is a big concern. NT
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SQL Server Everywhere
SQL Server Magazine
; Just when you thought Microsoft was finished with SQL Server 2005 releases, it announces SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition Community Technology Preview (CTP). It's a small-scale database designed to provide relational database capability to mobile and singleuser desktop applications. Get to know
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SQL Server 2005 Express and Workgroup: Scaled Back, Yet Feature-Rich
SQL Server Magazine
; 2005 Novice Learn what MSDE's successor and the new entry-level Workgroup Edition have to offer SQL Server 2005 includes two new editions, each of which provides a subset of the features in SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition. SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, which is free, is geared toward developers
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What Readers Want SQL Server to Include
SQL Server Magazine
; In "Where SQL Server Should Go from Here," February 2008, InstantDoc ID 97954, I wrote about some of the features that I think should be included in the next SQL Server release and asked our readers for their feedback. Although it might seem to be too early to discuss future SQL Server versions
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