With Microsoft Corp. coming off a major security push and moving headlong into its next major SQL Server release, code-named Yukon, eWEEK Senior Writer Matt Hicks recently sat down with the company’s SQL Server Vice President Gordon Mangione at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., offices. Mangione offered b

By Carl Lim – The following were the steps we took to create a Linked Server from SQL Server 2000 to Oracle 8i.

Based the problem outlined in RocketScientist’s article (entitled Converting Multiple Rows into a CSV String), I would like to present an alternative method for accomplishing a similar task. This article will show a faster method to convert multiple rows into multiple CSV strings.

By Michael Otey – A shake-up in the database market has yielded a new database champ in terms of new license revenue: IBM. But on the fast-growing Windows platform, SQL Server claims the number-one spot and shows no signs of slowing.

By Matt Hicks – Built-in security development is at the heart of a delay of a major Microsoft Corp. database upgrade.An upgrade to SQL Server, code-named Yukon, will be delayed from late this year to early next year, said company officials here last week, to build more security features into

by George Spofford – Historically data mining and online analytic processing (OLAP) have been solely human activities. In other words, it is humans who specify analytic models, build them, and then consume the results. But with the emergence of the Web services computing model, which involves the cr

by Brad M. McGehee – This fourth part of the SQL Server Performance Audit series covers the SQL Server configuration settings.

MySQL AB, the Swedish developer of the open-source MySQL database, said Wednesday it now supports Microsoft .Net through several optional interfaces, meaning developers can use the popular Microsoft tools to build client/server applications for the database.

By Brian Moran – Do you have a passion for technology? Do you enjoy helping the technical community you work in? Have you wanted to participate in a SQL Server beta program but don’t know how to get involved? You can serve your passion and your community by nominating yourself for consideration as a

The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said it plans to revamp its tools to work with new products expected to ship in the coming months. Those products include Windows.Net Server, the next version of Microsoft’s server operating system, and an upcoming release of the company’s SQL Server database,