Well, I have a database that would be interesting to have running totals on; nothing big, about 3,500,000 records, and I killed the query after leaving it running for 13 hours.

Put the query in a new query window in SQL Server Management Studio. Looking at the AdventureWords2012 database (available for download from CodePlex), review the uspGetEmployeeManagers stored ...

The ease and ubiquity of SQL have even led the creators of many “ NoSQL ” or non-relational data stores, such as Hadoop, to adopt subsets of SQL or come up with their own SQL-like query languages.

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 ...