If the schema of a table is not specified SQL Server will have to spend CPU cycles to resolve the schema of the object. And worse, not specifying the schema can lead to plan cache pollution and CPU ...

Learn how to use common tools and methods to test and validate snowflake schema in SQL Server for data quality, integrity, performance, and optimization.

S Resource - a read-only DB containing system objects that are included with SQL Server; system objects are physically persisted in the Resource DB, but they logically appear in the sys schema of ...

I am looking for suggestions on an alternative product for comparing SQL schema and data with Microsoft SQL server (2012). Up to this point in time our company has used Red Gate SQL Compare and ...

With SQL Server 2008, the Generate Script functionality in SSMS allows us to script the data out of a table into a batch of INSERT statements. Let's walk through this in detail.

Microsoft's SQL Server Migration Assistant moves your data and schema to different SQL Servers. Here's what you need to know about the tool.

With SQL Server 2016, you can store JSON objects in your rows. Here’s how to work with JSON objects, including how to update them once you’ve found them.