The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default when SQL Server is installed. Microsoft offers the tool as part of the Microsoft SQL Server Feature Pack, or you can download just the Provider ...

The ERP doesn’t even have to be an SQL Server database, so long as it is accessible. SQL Server 2019’s data virtualisation supports Cosmos DB, SQL Server, Azure SQL, Oracle, HDFS and DB2.

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...

SQL Server 2016’s new stretch database feature promises to offer local server performance for hot data and cloud storage for old data without any change to the application.

The holy grail of database development is the ability to treat database objects (tables, views, stored procedures, etc.) as if they were just like any other form of source code. While SQL Server ...

Bring AI to your database! Learn how to build smarter apps with vector search in SQL Server & Azure Cosmos DB -- no extra AI stack required.

SQL Servers allow the import or export of database diagrams to another database. All the information related to a database is stored in the dtproperties table. Therefore, to import or export a ...

Good old-fashioned SQL still rules the database roost even though popular offerings in the NoSQL camp are closing the gap, while MySQL is the most popular of the whole bunch in a new report from ...