I have sort of an odd situation. I have a lot of distributed machines working on a simulation. They each start out with their own work, process it, and eventually put it into a SQL ...

Maxer's latest thread reminded me of a problem I came across awhile ago but never solved. Let's say I have a set of items, a strict ordering of them, and a constraint that some subsets are mutually ...

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Global software house Microsoft is making big data the focus of SQL Server 2019, set for release later this year. A key part is data virtualisation, eliminating complex ETL processes. Microsoft says ...

SQL Server 2008 R2, the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship database, will be generally available in May, the company said Tuesday. Now in a technology preview, the release features improved server ...