Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...

Denny's SQL Secrets Troubleshoot Slow-Running Queries In SQL Server Denny breaks down how to identify and fix speed issues in multiple versions of SQL Server. By Denny Cherry 12/11/2013 ...

SQL Query Store is a new feature offered in SQL Server 2016 that allows DBAs to see which queries ran when, how often and with what performance results to optimize queries and query plan selection.

As I discussed in an earlier column, SQL Server keeps a plan cached for each query it sees (assuming the query requires planning in the first place, of course). That's great for speeding up processing ...

For all the times you don't have SQL Server Manager, here's a tool that's easy to get for prowling databases and issuing SQL commands.

New tool from startup Vembu Technologies is designed to relieve DBAs of the need to port SQL queries.

Standard edition of SQL Server 2016 only supports standard algorithms and data mining tools (Wizards, Editors, Query Builders) compared to SQL Server Enterprise edition, which provides a wide range of ...

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 ...

Denny's SQL Secrets Troubleshoot Slow-Running Queries In SQL Server Denny breaks down how to identify and fix speed issues in multiple versions of SQL Server. By Denny Cherry 12/11/2013 ...

The free tool aggregates the Query Stores of all databases per instance into one single actionable interface. SQL Query Store is a new feature offered in SQL Server 2016 that allows DBAs to see which ...