Explain features of SQL Server like Scalibility, Availability, Integration with Internet.

Scalibility – The same Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database engine operates on Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition. It also runs on all editions of Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0. The database engine is a robust server… Continue reading

What are triggers? How many triggers you can have on a table? How to invoke a trigger on demand?

Triggers are special kind of stored procedures that get executed automatically when an INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE operation takes place on a table. In SQL Server 6.5 you could define only 3 triggers per table, one for INSERT, one for UPDATE and one for DELETE. From SQL Server 7.0 onwards,… Continue reading

Advantages of Using Windows Server 2008 R2

The database platform is intimately related to the operating system. Because of this relationship, Microsoft has designed Windows Server 2008 R2 to provide a solid IT foundation for business-critical applications such as SQL Server 2008 R2. The combination of the two products produces an impressive package. With these two products,… Continue reading