== DESCRIPTION:

A ruby library for accessing the Microsoft SQL Data Services REST interface. Microsoft SQL Data Services (SDS), formerly known as SQL Server Data Services (SSDS), are highly scalable, on-demand data storage and query processing utility services. Built on robust SQL Server technologies and Windows Server, SDS provides highly available, secure, standards based web services that are easy to program and provision.

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

SDSRest Library
Active Resource Adapter

== SYNOPSIS:

== REQUIREMENTS:

Signup for a SDS account at http://www.microsoft.com/azure/default.mspx and then enter your credentials in spec_helper.rb to run the tests or on the ssds.yml file of your solution.

== INSTALL:

Install Ruby with the One-Click Installer - http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/29263/ruby186-26.exe
Install Ruby Gems - http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/38647/rubygems-1.2.0.zip
Install UUIDTools - cmd line => gem install uuidtools
Install Hoe - cmd line => gem install hoe
Install sds-rest - cmd line => gem install sds-rest

== LICENSE:

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