Client is considering replacing and exisitng accounting program that utilizes a Pervasive DB with one that uses MS SQL. If, for legacy reasons, the existing Pervasive DB is left in place and I ...

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No promises -- this is purely my speculation, but given the recent feature waves in Azure SQL DB and the timing since SQL Server 2022's release makes, this a safer bet.

So effectively, Azure SQL DB gets the new toys first where they get tested out, and then the on-premises products benefit by getting features more quickly (in service packs or cumulative updates).

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The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default when SQL Server is installed. Microsoft offers the tool as part of the Microsoft SQL Server Feature Pack, or you can download just the Provider ...

Meanwhile, SQL DB Hyperscale, general availability (GA) of which was announced in May at Microsoft's Build conference in Seattle, provides a great migration target for SQL Server customers with ...

And while Azure SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouse both use Microsoft's Transact-SQL, Cosmos DB's SQL dialect is different. On the Amazon side, DynamoDB doesn't even offer native SQL support.

Now, let's contrast the flurry of news coverage about NoSQL with the news in 2011 about the top SQL-based RDBMS platforms, and this sends us into hibernation mode. Welcome to Yawnville! Oracle, when ...