The company is looking at making the source code for the next version of SQL Server available under its shared-source program.

John Carroll thinks that anyone with a valid license should have access to Microsoft's SQL Server source code. Rather than a polemic against proprietary software, John makes a practical argument ...

Whether Microsoft decides to reveal the source code to SQL Server or not, it's clear that open-source alternatives are affecting the decisions of established database providers, Forrester's ...

The .NET execution engine protects SQL Server's internal buffers from executing code, and extensive enhancements to the hosting control APIs in the execution engine prohibit exceptional ...

Microsoft formally finished the code last week on a 64-bit version of its flagship database, SQL Server 2000.

Thats in all aspects, not only in terms of what SQL Server 2000 has, but some new capabilities. For example, writing code in .Net should be the same as writing code in the T-SQL environment.

All kidding aside, Schiff says, the early-December GA won't make a whit of difference for most users. SQL Server 2005 migrations won't happen overnight, after all, even for users have already ...