Adding images to and removing them from a SQL Server database is straightforward using simple drag-and-drop procedures.

Incidentally, if I was using SQL Server 2005 (or any database that supports XML as a colunmn-type and supports XPath/XQuery) I would consider creating an XML Schema that support international ...

Adding images to and removing them from a SQL Server database is straightforward using simple drag-and-drop procedures.

For organizations already using a different enterprise mapping solution, the MapPoint Add-In provides little value beyond quickly and simply standing up visualizations of SQL Server 2008 spatial data.

SQL Server 2016 is expected to offer native support for working with JSON. The first iteration of this support will be released as part of SQL Server 2016’s CTP 2.