During the set-up process, SQL Server 2017 can pull down and install its own edition of CPython 3.5, the stock Python interpreter available from the Python.org web site.

The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here's why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well.

The situation is different for SQL Server 2005, which is still running on around 2.5 percent of scanned instances. Here, updates were already discontinued in 2016 and an extension was not possible.

I'm trying to start/stop MS SQL Service on various DB servers (locally) but we don't always know the name of the instance (Always only 1 SQL Server running on a single server).

Studies provide some insight into where things stand. Research firm IDC estimates that, globally, around 800,000 servers are still running SQL Server 2005. A database platform upgrade is by no means a ...

xSQL Object 1.5 scripts and syncs SQL Server objects xSQL Software's latest version enhances performance and interface. Written by Rick Broida, Contributor Sept. 15, 2004, 1:35 p.m. PT Read now ...