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(Clint Boulton) IBM next month will release the next version of its DB2 Universal Database, a software server loaded with the ability to process XML data.
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(Muthusamy Anantha Kumar) Automating the installation of SQL Server was made simple in SQL Server 2005. SQL Server 2005 can be installed using a GUI, an ini file or just run setup.exe with a bunch of parameters.
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