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Connecting to SQL Azure with PHP

To start, I would like to first say that although many PHP developers usually recommend MySQL as the accompanying database for PHP, it is not difficult to interface PHP with other databases such as SQL Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-based relational database offering. PHP connects with SQL Azure in a similar manner as how it does with [...]

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Connecting to SQL Azure with ASP.NET

Recently, I have been working with Windows Azure and SQL Azure for my new project and because of this, a good amount of developer friends came to me and wanted me to share more about it hence I decided to write it down as a blog post for anyone who is interested to know about [...]

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SGSQL – Aug 2010 – Getting Started with SQL Azure

Getting Started with SQL Azure The excitement of cloud computing really changes people how to develop their application. Talking about application, it is almost impossible to proceed without the database. Microsoft® SQL Azure Database is a cloud-based relational database service built on SQL Server technologies. It provides a highly available, scalable, multi-tenant database service hosted [...]

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A Day in the Life in Cloud Interoperability

There is a lot of excitement in the benefits that cloud computing promises to bring to society. However, what’s equally important is the notion of cloud interoperability, or the ability of one cloud to work with other platforms and applications and not just with other clouds. This is paramount if we want to realize the full [...]

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