Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

Native SQL queries that return an object array. Native SQL queries that map records to JPA entities. Hibernate and SQL together. Hibernate and JPA can execute any valid SQL statement. By default, the ...

If the columnstore index exists, the SQL Server query engine will automatically utilize it wherever the cost-based optimizer deems it best. (You can also use a query hint to force SQL Server to use ...

Analyze database contents using basic, intermediate and advanced SQL statement syntax and usage. Demonstrate capability to query data from multiple tables using SQL JOINS. Create and modify database ...

SQL Basics I: Data Queries—covers database terminology and the four basic query types. SQL Basics: SELECT statement options —covers the SELECT statement in detail and explains aggregate functions.

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 ...