If your business uses relational databases to store data, it helps to use the SQL SELECT command with the INTO clause to create new tables from query results. This method isn't ANSI-standard SQL ...

Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do.

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

Due to zero-based counting, indexes 1 and 2 map to the second and third columns in the Player table, which are the handle and the emailAddress. When the code builds and runs, the output is as follows: ...

Probably for a query that your application runs occasionally, in-memory processing of JSON data might still be an option. In general, though, querying through JSON-dedicated functions and letting SQL ...

Squash the dangers lurking in your SQL queries by setting parameters by way of parameterized queries.

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.

Creating a Query To create a query, open a database and click Queries in the left hand pane. The query page is organized like the other pages in Base, with a list of available tasks in the top middle, ...

Begin the installation of Microsoft SQL on your server. Choose the names of the multiple SQL Server instances on the "Named Instances" screen during installation. For example, create two instances ...