The Microsoft SQL Server support team uses several internally-written utilities to make it easier to work on a typical customer support case. These utilities may also be useful to database developers and system administrators who work with Microsoft SQL...

our old friend and comrade Buck Woody has come up with a fun and challenging puzzle. Great way to spend some time on a Friday and test your knowledge. Check out his puzzle on his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/buckwoody/archive/2007/12/10/puzzle-of-the...

On an 64-bit operating system (Itanium or x64), Windows installs two versions of the "Data Sources (ODBC)" service: a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version. A 32-bit native (non-CLR) data application that will run under WOW64 needs to use a data source...

Well, it's been a long time coming. We finally got the technical issues resolved and have completed testing on the SQL Server 2005 Books Online release that we published to the MSDN and TechNet Libraries in September. The downloadable version is now available...

To develop data access applications with SQL Server Native Client, you have to manually run sqlncli.msi to install sqlncli.h and sqlncli.lib. sqlncli.msi is on your installation media. This installation bug in the November SQL Server CTP is schedule...