New Features Coming to SQL Server 2005 in Beta 3
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When Microsoft delivers the Beta 3 version of SQL Server 2005, formerly code-named &quot;Yukon,&quot; it will carry a number of feature enhancements that weren&#39;t available in the more broadly distributed Beta 2 version.
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This release fixes a number of minor bugs and inconsistencies. There are also several minor improvements throughout, and the provider libraries have been updated to recent versions. Gentle.NET is an RDBMS independent object persistence framework written in C# for .NET and Mono. It features automatic SQL generation and object construction, an SQL factory for creating custom queries, and much more. It has excellent performance and reasonably complete documentation.     Download the latest release from the project home page at: http://sf.net/projects/gopf   or visit the project community site for documentation and other related material at:  http://www.mertner.com/confluence
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A tool to manage database changes and refactorings. All changes to a database are stored in XML files that are stored in version control with other source code. A graphical IDE is also available   LiquiBase 1.2 has been released. Major features include:      * Support for H2 database     * Support for InterSystems Cache` database     * Support for  change     * Improved error messages     * tag can contain a  tag     * Change log file references can be absolute     * SQL in  tag can be ; or 'go' delimited     * New clearCheckSums command in command line migrator     * Support for version 0.5 of the LiquiBase IDE and Eclipse Plugin  Many bugs have been fixed as well, including:      * Sybase support fixes     * Handle --defaultsFile correctly     * Handle command line parameters correctly on Windows systems     * Other bug fixes  Upgrading is simply a matter of replacing the liquibase.jar file. To take advantage of newer change log features, change your XSD declaration to:    Download LiquiBase 1.2 from:  http://www.liquibase.org/download.html
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In a new blog entry, Michael Kimsal points out a driver that Microsoft has released (during the end of last year) that allows PHP5 applications to connect directly to a SQL Server database.   This isn't replacing freetds any time soon.  I guess I'm still wondering what the market for "PHP apps deployed on Windows talking to SQL Server" really is - most of the shared hosting accounts I've seen, even on Windows, offer MySQL or Access as the database.    He also points out a video that was shot of the development team talking about the driver (here's their blog too).
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Application developers got several new options last week as Sun Microsystems updated J2SE, Borland upped its CORBA ante, and Compuware announced products that will work with Microsoftâs Visual Studio 2005 toolbox.
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Chihuahua-sized bark Microsoft's Visual Studio team has put the database division to shame. Days after Microsoft slipped out the news that the update to SQL Server will not be ready in time for next month's big-dog release event, Visual Studio 2008 has been released commercially - ahead of time.â¦
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Beta application is available as part of the new MSN Toolbar Suite.
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On tap for the new database management system: improvements in high availability, performance, scalability, manageability and what Oracle dubs "diagnosability."
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IBM (Quote, Chart) announced its first major database refresh in almost two years with new features from the company&#39;s autonomic computing vault.
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Microsoft Corp. released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2005 on Tuesday, a free upgrade [&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/servicepacks/sp2.mspx"&gt;available for download&lt;/a&gt;], in addition to new virtualization licensing for the database.
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InfoWorld - MySQL at the end of January is expected to release a beta version of its MySQL 5.0 open source database, which is to feature enterprise-level functionality such as stored procedures and triggers, according to a company representative.
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Microsoft unveiled plans Wednesday to integrate business intelligence reporting into the next version of SQL Server, placing new reporting tools in the hands of end users.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft revealed the official names Monday of the next major upgrades to its Visual Studio software development tools platform and its SQL Server database, which will be called, simply, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.
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Microsoft today unveiled a technical preview of SQL Server 2005 Express Manager, a newly developed free database management tool and the second Community Technology Preview of the SQL Server 2005 database.
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Blog: The database software maker has a new version out that can talk to other databases written in SQL.
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Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has released its second Community Technology Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2005, adding greater performance and 64-bit support for SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services and SQL Server 2005 Integration Services.
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Microsoft gives us an update on Windows Home Server