If your business uses relational databases to store data, you may have used a SQL SELECT clause to create new tables from query results. This method won't work in SQL Server, but Microsoft's Trans ...

Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do.

Learn what are the best query hints to improve T-SQL stored procedure performance, and how to use them wisely to optimize your SQL Server queries.

Learn how to use SQL query tools and frameworks for database development, such as SQL IDEs, query builders, frameworks, performance tools, testing tools, and debugging tools.

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

SQL lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger table while working in Access. Sound complicated? It's not, as Mary Ann Richardson shows us.

Let's start off with looking at the SQL Server services running on a given machine. Use the Get-Service cmdlet to find out about services on either your local or remote machine: get-service ...

The wizard will create a corresponding SQL Server object for each saved query. Remove spaces from object and field names. Add at least one unique constraint or index to every table.