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 ...

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 ...

Just to wrap up this week’s discussion on VLDBs we need to look at the new features of SQL Server 2008 as it improves the Data Partitioning features introduced in 2005. Let’s take a look. First of all ...

The database administrator (DBA) is typically tasked with making applications run more efficiently in order to meet service level agreements (SLAs) or just to ensure optimum user experience. From the ...

Microsoft is warning users of a zero-day vulnerability discovered in SQL Server, and that exploits of the flaw have already been published. The software giant yesterday issued a security advisory ...

This November Patch Tuesday update offers a much reduced set of updates, with only 63 Microsoft patches and (only) one ...