In part 1 of my SQL Server 2022 features series, you learned about the improvements to the cardinality estimator component of query optimization. In this installment, you will learn about another ...

Another deciding factor is LINQ to SQL's one-to-one mapping of tables to EntitySets. If you are in control of -- or can exert substantial influence on -- the SQL Server database schema and domain ...

SQL Server 2022: Here’s what you need to know Your email has been sent Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database workhorse that powers both an internal line of business applications and ...

As a heavy user of other RDBMS data platforms, I have long appreciated the extra effort that Microsoft put into their data management and administration tool, the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

SQL has dominated data querying for decades. Newer query languages offer more elegance, simplicity, and flexibility for modern use cases. For the last three decades, databases and Structured Query ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput. Wondering ...

CA has released a new version of a data modeling tool called ERwin Data Modeler r7.2. It's part of a suite that CA offers for design and modeling using relational databases, particularly Microsoft SQL ...