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Download details: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express:

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) is a free, easy-to-use graphical management tool for managing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services.

What colour is your DBMS

Comparison of different SQL implementations:

The following tables compare how different DBMS products handle various SQL (and related) features. If possible, the tables also state how the implementations should do things, according to the SQL standard.

To BLOB or Not To BLOB

Microsoft Research:

Large Object Storage in a Database or a Filesystem?

Rules of engagement

Computerworld: "How to deal with the media"

Climb the.skyscrapr

What is Architecture?:

The principal challenge of architecture is to successfully manage complexity. The more complex a system is, the greater is its need for architecture.

Nice kiwi blog on SQL & BI

Business Intelligence on SQL Server:

Free Tools that have made my SQL life a bit better

Viva la Hack

SQL 2005 Service Manager:

With the lack of an equivalent in SQL2005 for the SQL Server Service Manager that comes with SQL2000, I've decided to write one myself. It's behaviour should be familiar to you if you've used SQL2000.