Out of all the programming languages you need to learn in the IT industry, SQL is one of the most important. SQL is so integral to modern big data access and organization processes that it’s never a ...

A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine's system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases. A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have ...

The SQL Slammer worm (w2.SQLSlammer.worm), also known as Sapphire (F-Secure), w32.SQLexp.worm (Symantec), and Helkern (Kaspersky), exploits known vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL 2000 servers. It has ...

In-Depth Build Your Own 'Skunk Works' Business Intelligence Project with SQL Using SQL Server, you can build a BI platform without getting your organization's top brass involved. By Andrew Peterson 07 ...

When trying to install SolidWorks on a Windows computer, you may encounter an issue when the installation is trying to install Microsoft SQL Server. So, the installation works fine until it reaches ...

The biggest feature in the SQL Server 2019 preview launched at Ignite is SQL Server Big Data clusters. Travis Wright, Microsoft's principal program manager for SQL Server, explains exactly what this ...

When in March this year Microsoft announced that it was bringing SQL Server to Linux the reaction was one of surprise, with the announcement prompting two big questions: why and how? SQL Server is one ...

Not so long ago in the vast majority of data centers and server rooms, every application or service resided on its own dedicated physical server. All the capacity of each of these servers — including ...