I have a need to compare multiple different versions of essentially the same SQL Server 2005+ databases and bring the table structures up to that which is in the newest version. It should compare the ...

The SQL Server team is unleashing the first widespread test builds of the next version of Microsoft's database, a k a ""="">). Earlier this year, Microsoft officials said to watch for a Community ...

SQL Server and Azure SQL Database have a property called compatibility level. Microsoft supports compatibility levels back to SQL Server 2008 and has committed to keep those in newer releases of the ...

Each version of Microsoft’s SQL Server comes with five years of full support, followed by five years of security-only updates. Here are five questions to ask before your next upgrade. 1. Should My ...

This week, Redmond posted a security advisory for Microsoft SQL Server, further detailed in KB article 961040. The good news is that the flaw is only present in older versions: Windows Internal ...

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.