You can use VB.NET or C# to write procedural code and create user-defined types and aggregates in SQL Server.

The code in this article is a sample database synchronization library for this common scenario - the need to synchronize SQL Server between server editions and offline databases. The sample ...

SQL Server sample databases were always delivered with the product. Not so in SQL Server 2008. Microsoft decided to de-couple the dependency and have us download the samples for free from codepex.com.

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part ...

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an application with ADO access to an SQL database. The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default ...

The containerized SQL Server can be managed through a number of other tools, including Visual Studio Code and SQL Server Management Studios for Windows. Red Hat and SUSE already have built-in ...

Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option performs better depends on the situation.