Microsoft Corp. today announced new cloud-hosted versions of its SQL Server database service as two older on-premises varieties finally will see the end of extended support Tuesday. Having transformed ...

We are developing an asp.net web application for an internal company website. The web app makes heavy use of an SQL database and I feel that future bottlenecks will come down to SQL performance. In ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work ...

In SQL Server, the affinity mask option can be configured without requiring a restart of the instance of SQL Server. When you're using sp_configure, you must run either RECONFIGURE or RECONFIGURE WITH ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Almost every agency business function relies on at least one database. These range from ...

Microsoft has made SQL Server 2025 generally available. The latest version of the database focuses on built-in AI ...

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Only three of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.’s 30 developers have expertise in using the native programming language for Microsoft Corp.’s SQL Server database. So for two major upcoming IT projects, the New ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A major change since SQL Server 2000 is the introduction ...

So I recently aquired a few SQL Server 2000 boxes to admin, and I really don't have much experience with the platform. I've been looking at backup options, and it seems that there's 3 options.