One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or ...

OK, here are the details. I have an SQL server with a database that is currently in used on a live website. The website is currently running as a cold fusion app. I have spent the past week converting ...

A common SQL habit is to use SELECT * on a query, because it’s tedious to list all the columns you need. Plus, sometimes those columns may change over time, so why not just do things the easy way? But ...

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

Hello everyone,<BR><BR>I have a SSIS package that takes a backup of our production database, copies the backup file to the dev system and restores it there. Previously, I was doing all that manually ...