One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or the database is slow. In the ...

SQL Server 2022 has more Intelligent Query Processing features to speed up existing workloads and database applications with what Khan calls “minimal implementation effort.” “Applications ...

Microsoft addressed this by adding trace flags and, subsequently, database options to control the behavior of the CE. In SQL Server 2016, Microsoft also added the query store, which helps track ...

Different DBMS products implement recursive SQL in different ways. Recursion is implemented in standard SQL-99 using common table expressions (CTEs). DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL ...

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 ...