Microsoft’s monthly update included 206 fixes for flaws in everything from Windows to Office to Exchange Server, not to ...

I've been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an AI agent genuinely useful for database work, both for administration and for application access to the data tier. Writing the ...

SQL Server clustered columnstore does not have bad write performance, measured on Azure SQL Database using ExoBench. Bulk inserting 1M rows ran faster on columnstore than rowstore (3.3s vs 6.1s).

Parameterized logic (IN / OUT / INOUT). Full SQL scripting: control flow (IF, FOR, WHILE, LOOP, LEAVE/ITERATE), variable declaration, condition handlers (SIGNAL ...

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...

This topic provides an overview for using the bcp utility to export data from anywhere in a [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] database where a SELECT statement works, including partitioned views. The bcp utility ...

A collection of 26 free stand-alone tools, components and frameworks has been released. This collection is designed to enhance using and developing for SQL Server 2008 as well as other versions of SQL ...