The first step is to look at the execution plan for the query and see if there are any glaring problems. Put the query in a new query window in SQL Server Management Studio. Looking at the ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will ... takes that ability a few steps further. Last year, I wrote a column on the introduction of query store hints into Azure ...

Users can create both updatable and append-only ledger tables depending on whether they need to update ... of the SQL database.” SQL Server 2022 has more Intelligent Query Processing features ...

A common SQL habit is to use SELECT * on a query ... UPDATE Users SET Users.Status="Legacy" WHERE Users.ID<1000. This approach is simple and intuitive, but sometimes it adds an unnecessary step.

SQL Server 2016 lets you treat JSON objects like rows in a table, allowing you to use data from AJAX queries in joins ... And here’s the SQL to use the JSON object to update a table: Update cust Set ...