This article describes how the Microsoft SQL Server query processor interacts with an OLE DB provider to enable distributed and heterogeneous queries. It is intended primarily for OLE DB provider ...

Microsoft SQL server doesn't allow us to have a reference to a linked server or to have dynamic aliases. This is the infamous feature and view of Microsoft, for decades. There are no aliases for ...

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The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default when SQL Server is installed. Microsoft offers the tool as part of the Microsoft SQL Server Feature Pack, or you can download just the Provider ...

At the PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle today, Microsoft announced the release to general availability (GA) of SQL Server 2022, the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship relational ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago.Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure ...

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