You have probably stored Binary Large Objects (BLOBS) in SQL Server, and
more than likely you have wonder why they couldn't be compressed.
SQLCompress.NET is about to change all that by providing a fast and reliable
solution for column level compression in Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
SQLCompress.NET was born from requests posted in Microsoft SQL Server
forums and message boards. It was designed as a compression framework for
server side compression, allowing developers and administrators to reduce
database footprint without writing a line of code.
Some of the advantages of SQLCompress.NET are:
It is a framework. SQLCompress.NET allows developers to extend its
functionality with minimum effort and takes away the burden of writing
a compression infrastructure
SQLCompress.NET 2.0 Beta Announced
Written by SQLCompress.NET Support
May 09, 2008 at 06:39 AM
SQLCompress.NET team has been quietly working on a new version for SQL Server 2008!
We first halted development when Microsoft announced their new compression features in Katmai (code name for SQL Server 2008).
As the release approached, and we got more information on this new version of SQL Server, we realized its compression strategy did not support BLOB compression. Furthermore, we realized one of the biggest advantages of SQLCompress.NET: reduced bandwidth utilization, was not possible with Microsoft's out of the box implementation.
We also found new CLR features in SQL Server 2008 that have the potential of simplifying deployment and improve performance. With all that in mind, we decided to work on a new release for SQL Server 2008 and today we are announcing the beta release of SQLCompress.NET 2.0 for August 2008. Our plan is to release a production stable version by the time SQL Server 2008 is released to RTM (we do not have a set date from Microsoft but seems like it will be later this summer).
The SQLCompress.NET team will provide more details about the new version as well as new blog entries on CLR integration for SQL Server 2008.
If you have any suggestions, question or comments about our product we will love to hear from you. Please reply to
with your comments and we will take them to our development team.
