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 ...

WordPress, Drupal and other such systems use SQL databases internally to store posts, author information, comments and other data, although end users seldom need to write any SQL unless they're ...

For example, some key-value stores and some document store databases have adopted a table-like structure for organizing their data, and some provide a subset of SQL or a SQL-like query language ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

The ability to store SQL*Plus variables and fill them with Oracle data is a very powerful feature, and it makes SQL*Plus scripts more efficient because it reduces database access.

Escaping the Limitations of a Fixed Schema For many other NoSQL systems, support for SQL is rendered moot by their schema-free design. Schemas essentially restrict and define the types of records that ...

Even after 50 years, Structured Query Language, or SQL, remains the native tongue for those who speak data. It's had impressive staying power since it was first coined the Structured Query English ...