Now that SQL Server also has Java within its SQL code, you have a new path to migrate Java applications to SQL Server. Pushing business logic into the database: Teams that are accustomed to developing ...

SQL views evaluate the data in the tables underlying the view’s definition when they’re queried. So, the benefit of using SQL views is that they always return the latest data.

Microsoft SQL Server's relational engine has offered new instrumentation that improves by light years with each new release. The introduction of Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) in SQL Server 2005 ...

By querying these dynamic management views using a query similar to the one shown below you can see all of the indexes which the SQL Server recommends creating. Do NOT simply create these indexes.

To run your SQL Pass-Through views for the MS SQL Server, you are encouraged, but not required, to create a data source name. You can use the ODBC administrator to create it. Refer to Data Source ...

The new SQL Server 2012 licensing model is based on an organization's computing power, number of users and use of virtualization. Beyond that, the devil lurks in the details.