In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...

Creating a database as you've described is a lot of work, and as others have mentioned their might be better alternatives than a relational database. (or at least the typical structure for a ...

PROC SQL allows you to specify the ORDER BY clause in the CREATE VIEW statement. Every time a view is accessed, its data are sorted and displayed as specified by the ORDER BY clause. This sorting on ...

This article explores the internals of materialized views and demonstrates how to precompute complex aggregates—having Oracle dynamically rewrite SQL to reference precomputed aggregate information.

When you use index views in the right situations, they can dramatically improve the performance of SQL Server queries. Tim Chapman explains why performance testing is the best way to tell if ...

SQL lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger table while working in Access. Sound complicated? It's not, as Mary Ann Richardson shows us.