If your business uses relational databases to store data, you may have used a SQL SELECT clause to create new tables from query results. This method won't work in SQL Server, but Microsoft's Trans ...

Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do. Simply follow the steps here: Click on New Query ...

You can use SQL to create, modify, search, and display database information. Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements.

The wizard will create a corresponding SQL Server object for each saved query. Remove spaces from object and field names. Add at least one unique constraint or index to every table.

Let's start off with looking at the SQL Server services running on a given machine. Use the Get-Service cmdlet to find out about services on either your local or remote machine: get-service ...

SQL Server throws a wobbly when one tries to declare/create the same-named temporary table more than once in the same procedure - I guess the query analyser assumes that all temp table creations ...

It's not, as Mary Ann Richardson shows us. SQL Server lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger table. For example, suppose in Access you ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or the database is slow. In the ...

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.