Ever tried to learn SQL, the query language that lets you poke at the innards of databases? Most tutorials start by having you create your own database, fill it with nonsense, and then run queries ...

Microsoft this week posted new test versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0. Visual Studio and .NET came out in Beta 2 versions. Tightly coupled with those public ...

Unfortunately, not every SQL database is always available when we expect it to be. When you're creating automation scripts to discover, add, update or remove records from a remote SQL database, you ...

The SQL Server team is unleashing the first widespread test builds of the next version of Microsoft's database, a k a ""="">). Earlier this year, Microsoft officials said to watch for a Community ...

Microsoft is allowing testers to register, as of December 7, for a public Community Technology Preview (CTP) test build of the reporting services technology for its SQL Azure cloud database. Microsoft ...