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Comparing timestamps

(Baya Pavliashvili) If you’re unfamiliar with the TIMESTAMP data type in SQL Server, be forewarned: its name is rather misleading. The truth is that TIMESTAMP has absolutely nothing to do with date or time. This data type is used to track the sequence of row modifications within a table. The TIMESTA

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Super SQL Server

By Brian Moran – The most recent TPC-C score for SQL Server on Windows should give organizations the confidence that SQL Server on Windows can meet their businesses’ performance needs as well as or better than anything UNIX offers.

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Toward a More Perfect Union

By David Kelly – Application integration consistently ranks as one of the top three concerns of CIOs in Morgan Stanley’s monthly surveys of Fortune 1000 IT executives. Possessing the ability to respond more quickly to business change, connecting more closely with partners and customers, and squeezin

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Let There Be Light

By Mario Morejon – It is widely acknowledged that database prices, especially those for large-scale projects, are simply too high. What database vendors are charging for their wares often doesn’t reflect the more aggressive price adjustments undertaken during the past year by many other high-end mid