Sometimes you need to run a script from the command line, especially for an upgrade or install script. Previous versions of SQL Server had two command-line utilities: ISQL, which uses DB-Library; and ...

In a previous TechRepublic column about SQL Server 2005, I showed how you can convert some of your iterative queries (cursors) to set-based operations in order to enhance performance. You should ...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals ...