A reader has prompted Microsoft to launch a vast new resource for easing the SQL Server set-up process. Okay, just maybe it's a coincidence. Anyway, reader Brian M.'s complaint about the difficulties ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

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 when ...

This week we will discuss how to troubleshoot different assembly errors that we get while troubleshooting installs for SQL Server. I’ll focus this article more on SQL Server and Windows systems.

Long live Data Transformation Services! It's there if you're still working out issues with SSIS. Just don't expect DTS to be available by default. Data Transformations Services (DTS) is long dead; or ...

SQL Server 2008 R2, which ships this month, allows end users to tap into the powerful business intelligence features of SQL Server via tight integration with popular Microsoft applications like Excel.