SQL Data-Mapping & MetaData-Query is a project showcasing practical solutions to real-world data migration challenges. This repository demonstrates how T-SQL can be used to query metadata, understand ...

Indexes create a sort of "map" of your data, allowing SQL Server to find the needed records much faster. ... In SQL Server, this means faster query responses and more efficient use of resources.

In high-traffic environments, optimizing SQL Server queries is crucial to maintaining swift and reliable database performance. Slow queries can become a bottleneck, causing frustration for users ...

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.

Joey on SQL Server. A Deep Dive into SQL Server 2022's Query Performance Features, Part 1. An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to ...

However, SQL Server 2016 also fully supports the rowset-to-JSON query scenario when you write a regular T-SQL query and then map results to JSON objects via the FOR JSON clause. For more information ...

In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...

If your business uses relational databases to store data, you may have used a SQL SELECT clause to create new tables from query results. This method won't work in SQL Server, but Microsoft's Trans ...