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

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

Tony Patton discusses the merits of stored procedures versus placing SQL directly in the code. Find out which one is best for your particular situation.

The soon-to-be-released new version of Oracle's flagship 9i database comes with beefed-up built-in XML support--key to Web services development. Can it help lift sales and beat off rivals?

XML’s emergence did not initially make our lives easier—at best, they did not change much. We quickly started writing our many data formats using angle brackets, which looked neat, but did not ...