Relational databases are designed for multiple simultaneous users, and Microsoft SQL Server is no different. However, supporting multiple users requires some form of concurrency control, which in SQL Server's case means transaction isolation and locking. Read on to learn how SQL Server 2008 implements locking.
Learn how to use Microsoft's .NET Entity Framework to connect to, consume and update an Advantage database.
Do you need to create Dynamic Where Clauses at runtime? No need to use string concatenation with SQL, LINQ is fully capable of performing the same task.
Learn how to use SQL Modeling Services to hunt for interdependencies without having to access source code.
In today's column we'll demonstrate how and when to use the new TSQL MERGE statement and how this can be a helpful addition to your toolbox.
Learn how to define policies and use them to better manage your SQL Server 2008 instances.
This article was written mainly for developers who use Firebird Embedded SQL Server in .Net framework applications and want to speed up or optimize DB queries. We will describe how to create your own native Firebird extension and show some approaches how to use it in managed code applications.
Explore a CRecordSet-like interface to a SQLite database table.
By Dee Quang - Ever get confused by or dislike using the SQL Server Integration Services deployment wizard? Learn how to manually deploy the packages to SQL Server 2005 and configure the packages in a multitude of ways as well.
Why get bogged down in the quicksand of the Oracle Call Interface (OCI) when you can get the same service with less code and fewer headaches with Vincent Rogier's OCILIB?
A MySQL Storage engine requires functions that MySQL provides. Therefore, you normally need to link it into mysqld-core under Windows because mysqld.exe doesn't export all required functions (because it's an .exe, not a .dll). So, you're unable to import the required functions in our Plugin. Learn a possible way to circumvent this limitation by using the .map files that are provided with MySQL.
by William R. Vaughn - Having problems importing large amounts of data? ADO.NET has only one method designed to help with this task: the SqlBulkCopy class exposed in ADO.NET 2.0.
Are you having problems setting up a TableAdapter that can be fed from stored procedures instead of base tables? Here is a road map to guide you to success.
The people at Microsoft are busy with lots of products. Did someone forget that they should be excited about them?
Follow an experiment and draw interesting conclusions on where and when to use temporary tables or table variables.
In the last of this three-part SQL Server Reporting Services recipe series, Wrox author Paul Turley shows how to create the graphics for word-size graphics that visualization pioneer Edward Tufte dubbed sparklines.
If you thought the end of Visual FoxPro had already happened, then you are wrong. Its end is now.
If you're haven't used CodeSmith for your TSQL coding yet, now's the time. This template-based code generator enables you to add fire-and-forget programming to your TSQL development.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition provides relational database functionality for mobile and desktop applications through a lightweight and easily distributable engine. Take a look under the hood.
Learn how to conquer a SQL Express 2005 remote connection issue.
Did you replace MSDE with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition? Did you make the wrong move?
Learn how the Service Broker provides the "plumbing" to let you pass messages between applications, using SQL Server as the transport mechanism.
SQL Server Management Studio just doesn't cut it for complicated configuration and monitoring implementations. Learn how to implement your own SQL Service Broker (SSB) control bus solution to serve the needs of complex SQL Server-based messaging solutions.
You can leverage SQL 2005 Server Service Broker with existing technologies such as SQL Server 2000 and MSMQ. BizTalk and SSB external activation are viable options, but a simple polling solution is easier.
