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 ...

An open source project gives DBAs the ability to channel PowerShell for automating and scaling complex SQL Server tasks, starting with the most basic: database backups.

Most respondents were running production on SQL Server versions 2008 R2, 2012, and 2014 (around 16% each), with SQL Server versions 2005, 2008, and 2016 at the next tier of adoption (around 10%). Most ...

Object-oriented databases play nicely with object-oriented programming languages. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data ...

Learn how Data Transformation Services (DTS) can help you import, export, and/or transform data from various sources to single or multiple locations in Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

XML databases can handle data of just about any size or format. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics.