Microsoft's continued focus on SQL Server 2025 highlights the lasting demand for on-premises and hybrid deployments that ...

I get to work with a lot of customers, so I get to see a lot of SQL Servers -- and a lot of SQL ... or in another remote database (this is the more common pattern in third-party tools).

(Probably would be tricky to get the foreign key relationships working and indexing properly) Pros: Fewer tables, attached-item data in the same table Cons: Headaches of explaining why I wouldn't ...