Some interesting reading about the next version of SQL Server, code-named Yukon:
Now Microsoft developers can finally have what Java developers have had in Oracle and DB2 for years, an integrated runtime! One benefit is that this means there will no longer be the chance for things like money variable types in your .NET application having a value larger than the SQL Server database can hold.
This could also change how applications are physically distributed. If SQL Server supports the runtime, distributing the Data Access Layer (DAL) to the same server becomes an appealing option. I have not seen any performance comparisons, but it makes intuitive sense. We will have to wait and see how it pans out.
Posted
Wed, Jun 4 2003 6:29 AM
by
Darrell Norton