If you're considering moving your on-premises SQL Server databases to the Microsoft Azure cloud, you need to decide which of the different cloud options works best for you. You might not realize it to ...

It used to be that finding and using a sample SQL database was quite simple. In fact, the venerable Pubs database used to be installed as part of the SQL Server installation process. Fast forward to ...

When people who have just started learning programming or have just entered the IT industry ask me, "What should I study ...

Even after 50 years, Structured Query Language, or SQL, remains the native tongue for those who speak data. It’s had impressive staying power since it was first coined the Structured Query English ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

The theme for this time is SQL "execution plans."Execution plans are one of the technologies you absolutely must understand when considering database performance.However, this content might also be a ...

Over the years, servers have suffered terribly from malicious attacks that users had to take precautions now and then. Because of that, internet users need to determine how to repair a database in an ...

While approaches and capabilities differ, all of these databases allow you to build machine learning models right where your data resides. In my October 2022 article, “How to choose a cloud machine ...