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 ...

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.

Patch Tuesday fixes 137 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws in SQL Server, Netlogon, Office, and the .NET Framework.

In earlier versions of SQL Server, after selecting a join algorithm, SQL Server had to process it even if a better alternative might be available. In SQL Server 2017, the query optimizer can now sense ...

With the latest public preview available, it's time to see if you want to upgrade to the most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far.

If you want to speed up your SQL Server queries you need to know how your application and your users actually use your database.

SQL injection will take a new turn later this month at Black Hat Europe, when a security researcher shows how to take control of a database server using the technique.

Microsoft added Java language extensions with the release of SQL Server 2019 so that users could take advantage of secure execution of Java programs within a SQL Server query on the Zulu Open JRE ...

While such code execution is isolated from the core engine processes, it is fully integrated with SQL Server query execution. [Click on image for larger view.] Component Architecture (source: ...