A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine’s system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases. A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have ...

The structured query language is a powerful tool for connecting to many database systems that store data in tables organized into rows and columns. It's often used on the backend of business websites ...

Knowing what you want from SQL Server is probably the biggest step toward running it successfully in business applications, according to consultant Koen Verbeeck. It's not just about knowing how SQL ...

It used to be that finding and using a sample SQL database was quite simple. In fact, the venerable Pubs database used to be installed as part of the SQL Server installation process. Fast forward to ...

In SQL Server 2000, we had a nifty little utility called rebuildm.exe which would rebuild the master database in emergency situations. This utility was removed in SQL Server 2005 and has not been seen ...

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale. One of the most fundamental choices to make when developing an ...

SQL Server on Azure Local is generally available. Review disconnected deployment requirements, separate licensing, and ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...