Read this SQL tutorial to learn when to use SELECT, JOIN, subselects and UNION to access multiple tables with a single statement.

The surprise came when Microsoft SQL Server was announced as the DBMS of the year for 2016 by DB-Engines.com. For the 12 months of 2016, SQL Server experienced a steep rise in popularity as a search ...

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.

Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements. The statements use a SQL string varchar data type, then you execute the ...

See performance gains by using indexed views in SQL Server Your email has been sent A view is a saved T-SQL query in SQL Server. The view definition is stored by SQL Server so that it can be used ...

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: ...

Return the SQL only, do not include explanations.” The following function creates a query in that type of format, taking arguments for the data schema, sample rows, user query, and table name.

With JSON now the default format for moving data between clients and servers, SQL Server adds JSON support to make it easier to get your data out of the database and down to the client.