Microsoft announced a roadmap shift, indicating that it will focus on supporting Open Database Connectivity for SQL Server application programming interfaces in the near future. The shift is of ...

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Microsoft has released the final version of Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0, this one containing updates for database components and OLAP Services components.

are options that you specify in order to connect to a particular data source; these options are different for each data source. If the SAS/ACCESS engine connection options contain characters that are ...

Cannot fetch a row from OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server " (null)" #965 Open septfish opened last month ...

PowerPivot with SQL Server 2008 R2 One of the prime-time features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is provided by the “Project Gemini” technology known as PowerPivot for “Self Service BI”. Working with ...