Tabular Data Stream (TDS) is an application layer protocol, used to transfer data between a database server and a client. It was initially designed and developed by Sybase Inc. for their Sybase SQL Server relational database engine in 1984, and later by Microsoft in Microsoft SQL Server.
== Background ==
During the early development of Sybase SQL Server, the developers at Sybase perceived the lack of a commonly accepted application-level protocol to transfer data between a database server and its client. In order to encourage the use of its products, Sybase came up with a solution through the use...