DATABASE CHOICES
Microsoft SQL Server
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Microsoft SQL Server Database is clearly established as an industry standard, with
millions of licenses sold – and Microsoft SQL Server's popularity continues
to grow. The Microsoft SQL Server Database is easy to program and maintain, easy
to add or change data, and can be used by a wide variety of data aware applications.
- The Microsoft SQL Server Database has been designed for medium to large sized businesses
that cannot afford to spend a lot of time maintaining their computer systems.
- The Microsoft SQL Server Database is designed to provide optimum performance even
during peak load times and ensures mission-critical reliability.
- Microsoft SQL Server Database has an engine that scales from handheld Windows Mobile
devices to managing terabyte symmetric multiprocessor clusters.
Having chosen Microsoft SQL Server as your database, there is need to select a data
grid to display the selected records. The choices are:-
- Microsoft's GridView, DataGridView, or MSFlexGrid
- Microsoft's Access Project (.adp)
- Sheridan's DataGrid
- Component One's True DBGrid.
SQL Server Features
- Online backup - An automatic scheduler can be used to back up the SQL Server
Database, without having to exclude all users.
- Durable transactions - SQL Server logs transactions so that updates made
within a transaction can always be recovered or rolled back to the last consistent
state, if either the Client or the Server computer fails.
- Better Reliability and Data Protection - It is extremely rare that a crash
will cause any loss of data with Microsoft SQL Server.
- Faster Query Processing - SQL Server runs queries on a Server, which is typically
a more powerful computer than the Client workstations. Running queries on the Server
increases the load on the Server more than would happen with a Microsoft Access
File-Server solution, but it can reduce the network traffic substantially - especially
if users are selecting small subsets of data.
- Advanced Hardware Support - Uninterruptible power supplies, hot-swappable
disk drives, and multiple processors can all be added to the Server with no changes
to the Client workstations.
- Integrated Windows Security - SQL Server supports Windows security accounts
to authenticate users who are logging on to a Database. This means that if users
are already logged onto a Windows network, their existing Windows security groups
and accounts can be used to define permissions.
- Advanced Server-side programming - Microsoft SQL Server supports an SQL dialect
called Transact-SQL. Used in conjunction with features such as constraints and triggers,
Transact-SQL allows business and security rules to be defined on the Server. Transact-SQL
can also be used to create stored procedures that run on the Server to provide flexible
and secure access.
SQL Server 2005 and VB.Net
- With Common Language Runtime (CLR) integration, it is possible to code Stored Procedures,
Functions, and Triggers in VB.NET.
- Tasks that were difficult to create in Transact-SQL can be easily done using VB.Net.
- VB.Net provides extensive support for string handling and regular expressions.
- VB.Net code compiles to native code with significant performance improvements.
- VB.Net provides thousands of classes and methods that can be used on the Server
side.
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