April 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
24h 51m
English
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1. Introduction
SQL SERVER 2005 contains features that constitute the biggest change since the internal server rewrite of SQL Server 7. This is true from both programmability and data model viewpoints. This chapter describes SQL Server 2005 in terms of .NET Framework programmability, SQL:1999 compliance, user-defined types (UDTs), and XML integration to present a picture of holistic data storage, manipulation, and access.
The .NET Framework and the Microsoft Platform
The .NET Framework is Microsoft’s latest environment for running program code. The concept of managed code, running under control of an execution engine, has quickly permeated all major operating systems, including those from Microsoft. The .NET Framework is one of the core technologies ...