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What is Yukon?

April 26, 2017Yukon

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What is Yukon?

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Yukon is the latest version of Microsoft SQL Server, which is due to be released in the first half of 2004. Yukon beta was first released at PDC on October 2003 at LA. Yukon succeeds the earlier version of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 aka, MS SQL 2K. Yukon comes with a rich set of tools which extend the performance, reliability, and ease-of-use of SQL 2K. 2. What makes Yukon interesting? One of the most interesting and promising features in Yukon is the integration of the .NET CLR (Common Language Runtime) with the database. This marriage between .NET runtime and the SQL database engine provides the software designers & developers a mechanism to take full advantage of the .NET runtime, and the .NET Base class libraries. Both the SQL Database engine and the .NET runtime come with their own advantages. The SQL Database engine is good at fetching/storing/manipulating data while the .NET runtime can perform the computation intensive tasks in an excellent way. By mixing and matching these tech