Microsoft announced the name and many of the new features in the next release of SQL Server at its Data Amp Virtual Event on Wednesday. While SQL Server 2017 may not have as comprehensive of a feature ...

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Hi all, easy question... I think.<BR><BR>SQL Server 2000<BR>2 Separate databases<BR><BR>Need to be able to pull data from both databases and actually run a join.<BR><BR>Thought the naming context was ...

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. Database ...

Everyone wants faster database queries, and both SQL developers and DBAs can turn to many time-tested methods to achieve that goal. Unfortunately, no single method is foolproof or ironclad. But even ...

One way that organizations are storing data in the cloud is by moving their databases to the cloud. What once meant building an entire physical server, patching it, installing software like Microsoft ...

What are the advantages of using Access as the front end to a SQL Server database? For starters, it’s likely that your client’s users will be more familiar with it, and it’s relatively easy to put in ...