Also read: At Ignite, Microsoft enhances its cloud database, warehouse and lake services While the previous release (SQL Server 2019) focused on core features like Azure Data Studio, Big Data ...

This wait type may also indicate the SPID is waiting for remote procedure calls, linked server queries, BULK INSERT commands, or full-search queries. PAGEIOLATCH_* —Buffer latches, including the ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part ...

SQL Server 2019 builds on intelligent query processing features that were implemented in SQL Server 2017, and expands them to new areas of the database engine. Let's take a deeper dive into some ...

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 ...

Variations on SQL are used by some of the most popular database tools in the world, including some of Oracle's database systems, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft's SQL Server.

In SQL Server, the initial dialect for stored procedures (or stored procs) was Transact-SQL, aka T-SQL; in Oracle, it was PL-SQL. Both databases have added additional languages for stored ...

By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...