SQL Server

The following is my notes from the tutorial found here:

http://www.functionx.com/sqlserver/Lesson01.htm

I have also gleaned some information from the wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SQL_Server

The current version of SQL Server is "SQL Server 2005" and it version is 9.0 and its codename is Yukon.

Extract, transform, load (ETL): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract%2C_transform%2C_load

Is one of the features added to SQL Server since 2000.

The next release is code named Katmai.

It look like the MicroSoft may have some interesting things coming up like: WinFS, SQL Server capabilities being integrated directly into Windows itself.

Window Future Storage (WinFS) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS