I've got a horribly simple question, but one that I'm unable to find an answer: How does a server communicate with SQL Server.
Let's say I want a stand-alone computer with IIS and SQL Server 200x installed. I get how IIS looks into a default folder to “serve up” a request. But, when a database request is made, does the browser make a request of the database
directly, or does it query the server and the server connect to the database? How does this all work?