Use tools such as SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Profiler, or Query Store to measure and analyze the performance of your queries with and without query hints.

Joey on SQL Server How To Use Query Store Hints in Azure SQL Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the ...

Free Tool: Try Out SQL Queries and Explore Databases with QueryExpress As an independent consultant, I move from one client's computer to another. Because of that, I frequently find myself on ...

Denny's SQL Secrets Troubleshoot Slow-Running Queries In SQL Server Denny breaks down how to identify and fix speed issues in multiple versions of SQL Server. By Denny Cherry 12/11/2013 ...

SQL Data Discovery & Classification, a tool within Microsoft's SQL Server 2019, could inform attackers which data within a database is labeled sensitive, and which isn't, researchers report.

Other profiling tools have richer features (which you’ll pay for); but a SQL Server licence allows you to use this modest profiling tool at no extra cost. Let’s explore the tool by profiling ...

SwisSQL 1.0 supports Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL and ANSI-SQL databases. Future releases will support Sybase Inc. and SAP databases.

Redgate today acquired the SQL Manager tool from SharePoint and SQL Server solution provider SysKit. The tool will allow Redgate to provide the data privacy and protection needed within databases ...