Technology Toolbox: VB.NET, C#, SQL Server "Yukon" All versions of SQL Server prior to SQL Server "Yukon" provide two ways to write procedural code that executes inside the database. The usual way is ...

UNSAFE code isn't restricted in any way, including using unmanaged code. Using UNSAFE could compromise SQL Server, so only users who are members of the sql_admins role can even permit UNSAFE ...

David Litchfield, a security researcher, wrote the exploit code that was used as part of the infamous SQL Slammer worm that hit in 2003.

Clinical decision-making, hospital management, and patient care have all changed as a result of healthcare technology. Nurses have historically been thought of as providing bedside care, but they are ...

"SQL Performance Tuning" will help the experienced SQL programmer make his or her code sing in terms of efficiency of code and optimization of data retrieval.

We aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

T-SQL code is highly integrated with the rest of SQL Server. It executes using "native" data types, so data returned from the storage engine doesn't need to undergo expensive type conversions ...