Microsoft have finally released SQL Server 2008 this week just in time becuase support for SQL 2000 has just expired.
SQL 2008 has a list of new features including -
- Enterprise Reporting Engine – Reports can easily be delivered throughout the organization, both internally and externally, with simplified deployment and configuration.
- Internet Report Deployment – Customers and suppliers can effortlessly be reached by deploying reports over the internet.
- Report Builder Enhancements – Easily build ad-hoc and author reports wih any structure through report designer.
- Microsoft Office Intergration – SQL 2008 provides new Word rendering that enables users to consume reports directly within Microsoft Office Word. In addition, the existing Excel renderer has been greatly enhanced to accommodate the support features, like nested data regions, sub reports, as well as merged cell imporvements.
Tags: SQL, SQL 2008, SQL Server 2008
You know, the thing about SQL is, that there is virtually nothing that can replace it.
Does anyone know if a substitute exists for sql? I mean besides MS SQL and Oracle and all that jazz. Thanks.
There’s a whole bunch of alternatives, but they don’t really sit under the relational database umbrella.
You might be interested in checking out the “NoSQL” databases, such as CouchDB, Cassandra, and so forth.