Microsoft SQL Server is capable of supporting even the most demanding web applications when it is deployed in the appropriate environment.

As a Netcetera customer, you will benefit in terms of performance and reliability from always having your database stored on a separate physical server. In addition, we run our database servers exclusively on high performance .NETppliance servers.

Netcetera currently offers different solutions for Microsoft SQL server hosting:

1. For all HOME (2005, 2006 or 2007), DEVELOPER, COMMERCE, RESELLER users, we can upgrade your account to include SQL Server - the charge is £10.00/pm per 100Mb database.
2. For customers with demanding database applications, we offer both dedicated and clustered database service offerings. Please contact sales@netcetera.co.uk for more details on these offerings.

SQL Server Q&A

Q. What version of Microsoft SQL server are you currently using?

A. We can offer Microsoft SQL 2000 or SQL 2005 for your database hosting at a cost of either £100/pm for a 5CAL Licence or £200/pm for an unlimited CAL License (this is priced per CPU) Windows 2003 Standard Edition Servers only. Also you can install Microsoft SQL 2005 Express edition on your server at no extra cost. Further details of this are available here.

Q. How do I access my database('s) as a Netcetera customer?

A. All shared database service customers are given database owner privileges (DBO) and perform all database maintenance with Microsoft SQL Enterprise Manager. 

Dedicated and Clustered Service customers have console access to their SQL servers via Remote Desktop and perform all database maintenance with Microsoft SQL Enterprise Manager as a Database Administrator.

Q. Do you fully support Visual InterDev with Microsoft SQL server?

A. Yes. You are able to take full advantage of Visual InterDev when working with Microsoft SQL Server.

Q. Do you support ADO (ActiveX Database Objects) and RDS (Remote Data Objects)?

A. Yes we do support both ADO and RDS.

Q. How do I connect to my SQL database?

A. We support the use of DSN and DSNless connections. You can use Visual Interdev 6.0, I_SQL, and SQL Enterprise Manager to modify the database, create stored procedures, and maintain the database.