Queries work well if the databases are designed correctly. Here's what you need to know to build the foundations for your SQL Server databases. Most IT professionals and developers understand the ...

Assuring optimal performance of database applications starts with coding properly formulated SQL. Poorly written SQL and application code is the cause of most performance problems. As much as 75% of ...

Shelley Doll finishes her coverage of SQL data types with an overview of datetime and interval data types. Learn more about the basic syntax of these standard SQL types. Datetimes and intervals are ...

It’s a common mistake: a company puts a poorly performing database on larger and larger servers, throwing more and more money away while making the same mistakes, but the database never gets any ...

When databases became available for the personal computer in the mid-1980s, they quickly gained a mystique as the ultimate productivity applications. Despite their widespread use, in some ways they ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is a navigational database? Navigational databases use a distinctive guided ...

Microsoft this week posted several new downloads for developers working with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Basic. One of the downloads, Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition Power Tools, ...