I may be up for a job that runs SQL Server, so I tried to install it on my machine so I could get familiar with it. Looks like it won't install on XP. Well, the server part at least, which is all I ...

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While working with SQL Server databases, if you often find the database performance sluggish, it could be due to bad coding of procedures or incorrectly set database variables. Here's a tool that can ...

When Microsoft launches its 64-bit version of SQL Server at the end of April, the database will cost the same as the 32-bit version, perform better, and be part of the company's bid to oust Oracle and ...

Server is a dual 3.4ghz Xeon w/ 4GB of RAM running Windows 2003 and SQL Server 2000 Standard. Nothing runs on the box other than SQL Server. DB-wise, just the db I'm having problems with [we'll call ...