Often, designing databases and speeding up SQL Server queries are treated as a kind of abstract problem: A just "Find this problem, apply this solution" approach to problem solving. In practice, ...

This repository includes three practical SQL Server projects developed using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Each project includes real-world SQL tasks such as query optimization, backup and ...

For XML support, SQL Server users can download the free SQLXML 2.0 add-on package. By default, this add-on supports bulk-additions of XML data into records and can return queries in XML.

At Microsoft's Ignite digital event this week, the company is announcing the private preview of SQL Server 2022, the next version of its three-decades-old relational database management system ...