You need data analytics to gain critical business intelligence and a competitive edge. And you're probably consolidating your Oracle® data on SQL Server® instances for that purpose. But quality data ...

Let’s start by admitting that the title of this article is a tease. It’s a valid question and one that thinking people ask all the time. But in truth it’s not the first question you should be asking.

Of course, certain service packs need to be applied: SQL 2000 has to have SP3 and SQL 2005 needs SP2. If you do mix versions, you should know that SQL Server takes the lowest common denominator ...