With over two decades of IT experience, Microsoft data platform MVP Thomas LaRock has seen nearly every SQL Server troubleshooting nightmare under the sun. In an upcoming session called "The Top 5 ...

CPU issues have long been the bane of database and system administrators. I have worked on enterprise databases since the mid-1980s and seen three significant eras for CPU architecture and ...

I also posted this in the other MS centric forum, because I wasn't sure which one it fit in.<BR><BR>I have been at this for two days, and it has completely killed all my productivity. Microsoft has ...

i need some help with a SQL alter command. i am trying to add a field to my table, but when i do the field is filled with null in any existing rows. how can i just make it fill blank like the value ...

If you haven't installed SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1, keep it that way. If you have installed the service pack, you may be regretting it. Microsoft pulled it last week after install errors surfaced ...

Google’s new tool abstracts SQL into a visual interface, helping enterprises manage cloud workload insights without deep ...

Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 this week and announced that it's available for download. The new service pack fixes some minor issues, and not much has apparently changed since ...

The holiday season may not seem like the sexiest time to buy learning bundles, but consider this for a minute: with prices at their lowest of the year, is there really a better time to load up on life ...