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SharePoint lists consist of rows and columns that store data in a similar fashion to a traditional relational database management system such as SQL Server. However, a benefit of lists is that SharePoint includes Web Parts that provide simple methods for managing the data.
With Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010, you can connect to a variety of databases, including Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and other databases that are accessible by using the OLE DB protocol. By default, your Microsoft SharePoint site does not contain any database connections.
Can I create a database in SharePoint?
Access 2010 and Access Services provide a platform for you to create databases that you can use on a SharePoint site. You design and publish a web database by using Access 2010 and Access Services, and people who have accounts on the SharePoint site use the web database in a web browser.
How to pull SharePoint list data from SQL Server?
Anyhow as I was saying the nice thing is it’s got that SQL backend which means I can use that data to report on in Reporting Services. Sharepoint is nice as a basic package, but companies always have specific business requirements which cannot all be embedded by MS in Sharepoint.
So one must program or at least change a business process to get that functionality in Sharepoint. One important object used in Sharepoint is the List object. Lists are much like your .NET data grids allowing users to enter data and fill a grid with relevant information.
Where are the lists stored in SQL Server?
The information in a list is stored in the UserData table (which is an odd name for the table), and the lists themselves are stored in the Lists table. A list in the database has a GUID representation. So say you need to create a report with the data inside your list one can query these two tables to get this data.
How to schedule a job in SharePoint Server?
1 Answer 1. You have several ways to do this, Programmatically you can use SharePoint server site object model or client side object model and grab each field value of each list item and write to the SQL DB via connection string. Even you can user powershell and do the same, configure it as a job and schedule it to run at regular intervals.