* Ensure that the elastic query endpoint database has been given access to the remote database by enabling access for Azure Services in its Azure SQL Database firewall configuration.

Distributed databases on cluster computers are widely used in many applications. With the volume of data getting bigger and bigger and the velocity of data getting faster and faster, it is important ...

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In addition to indexes and materialized views, horizontal and vertical partitioning are important aspects of physical design in a relational database system that significantly impact performance.

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Vertical partitioning has been widely employed in relational databases to improve query response time. Nevertheless, most of the vertical partitioning approaches are static, based on the way ...

Video produced by Steve Nathans-Kelly Today, DBAs who have traditionally managed relational database systems such as Oracle and SQL Server are also managing companies’ "non-relational" databases. As ...

Procedure to move Microsoft SQL Server database to a new location, painlessly, if you’re running low on disk space, added a new drive array, or just curious.