Databases using a command system separate from SQL are often collectively referred to as NoSQL database systems, sometimes said to stand for "not only SQL," and it can logically take a longer ...

Type commands into the text area, using the following statements as a guide:USE database_name DBCC DBREINDEX table_nameThe USE statement selects and opens a database on the server; use the name of ...

SQL Server Drill Down explores all aspects of Microsoft SQL Server and related applications, with a particular emphasis on issues of interest to SQL Server data professionals. Key areas of focus ...

There's a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...

During the last few articles, we have covered the basics of working with SQL server using the Server Management Objects (SMO) and PowerShell. We have covered things such as viewing the state of ...

Joey on SQL Server. Hands-On with Copilot for Azure SQL Database. I've been playing around with the new Microsoft service, currently in preview and it's time to show off what it can do. By Joey D ...

Since SQL Server has many deployment options, like editions, server locations and so on, different situations might need different specific configurations. However, pointing the application to the ...