Database Solutions - Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Note: Intersoft Development offers Microsoft SQL-Server 2008 solutions now!
Intersoft Development is a Cleveland Database Developer, Consulting, and Software Development
company offering specialists in Microsoft SQL-Server!
If you currently use SQL-Server for your business applications, are you sure you are realizing its full potential?
Chances are, we can help you optimize your SQL Server implementation and deliver increased performance to your database applications. Whether you use SQL Server 2000 or 2005, we guarantee that if you allow us to work closely with you and your databases, our database developers can improve your existing application performance (stored-procedures, functions, and overall execution/response times). In many cases, we can improve database performance by an order of magnitude.
SQL Server 2000 is quite powerful, and now SQL Server 2005 extends this power by offering more functionality than ever, including:
- Unified large-string/character-data handling (i.e., new VarChar(MAX) vs. old Varchar/Text disparities in SQL2000 and earlier);
- Better "index coverage" using non-clustered indexes with non-key "include" columns;
- CLR integration (for DotNet/.NET Stored-Procedures and Functions);
- Newly included XML data type, and the associated ability to index the XML and bind the XML to a schema and query with XQuery;
- Built-in encryption/decryption and security certificate capabilities;
- Finally, you may use an *expression* (vs. fixed value) to specify how many rows TOP will return in queries;
- DDL Triggers - which may make sense to implement in your environment;
- PIVOT/UNPIVOT in queries (should make crosstab reports much simpler);
- Recursive Queries;
- Finally, the old non-ANSI Join syntax is gone (i.e., no more *= and =* joins) ;
- PERSISTED computed columns;
- Robust error-handling (TRY...CATCH is finally here!);
- A host of management-related changes, both to the management GUI/Tools, and to various command-line tools and other administration-oriented commands and options;
- Many enterprise-class features targeting salability, including index/table partitioning, peer-to-peer replication, and more;
- ...and much more.
With all of this newly available functionality and power, there can be a steep learning curve, especially with tuning and optimizing performance of large databases. Let us assist you with your transition and optimize your SQL Server implementation - be it as "hired guns" to finish the complete job for you, or as mentors to your development staff; whatever works best for you.
SQL Server 2005 is an exciting technology and a valuable component of our overall Database Solutions capabilities.
Our SQL Server experts are among the most knowledgeable and experienced in the industry. Whether you need an enterprise SQL Server application built from the ground up, selective tuning of your existing Databases, or simply an occasional database administrator, we can help you.
Contact us now to discuss your particular Database requirements and experience proven database development expertise that is guaranteed to produce results.
News: SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 is available - this update fully enables some of the Enterprise features like Peer-to-Peer replication.
News: SQL Server 2005 Books Online Update is available - fixes and updates.
News: SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) CTP Release Notes.
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