Early discussions on SQL Server 2008 seemed to suggest that it would really only be a point release, quite unlike what occurred with SQL Server 2005. Anyone looking at the new and upgraded features in ...

We have an ancient AS/400 730 system that still houses some old budget/financial data. We'd like to decommission this box, and migrate the data to a SQL server. The data won't be modified or ...

Microsoft offers two Migration Assistants helpful for bringing an existing database into SQL: one for MySQL, and one for Access. The SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL will help you ...

What are the advantages of using Access as the front end to a SQL Server database? For starters, it's likely that your client's users will be more familiar with it, and it's relatively easy to put ...

I would like as close to 100% reliability as I can afford and my host (ReadyHosting) offers an SQL server for only $25/yr. Should I get that and, if so, how do I move my Access database to SQL?

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.

Splitting your Access database offers numerous advantages, including increased flexibility, security, efficiency, and scalability.

Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core.

Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to ...