Data Partitioning in SQL Server was introduced in the 2005 release. This was a feature that had been in Oracle and IBM’s DB2 for a while, but Microsoft is positioning to compete in the VLDB market ...

SQL Server 2008 has a ton of new DBA features, but if you really want to make this thing go, just crank out a little code. SQL Server 2008 is mostly in the domain of system and database administrators ...

Microsoft's latest relational database management system contains a host of new features, but are they enough to make you migrate? The wait is over. Microsoft has finally released SQL Server 2008, the ...

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is the most recent version of the Redmond, Wash., company's data management and business intelligence platform. According to Microsoft, the version provides new capabilities ...

With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft begins to fully realize its vision of SQL Server as an information platform and not "just" a database. Hence the main theme for this release -- at least ...