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 ...

In SQL Server 2000, we had a nifty little utility called rebuildm.exe which would rebuild the master database in emergency situations. This utility was removed in SQL Server 2005 and has not been seen ...

Among many new features, Microsoft's new database management system is well-suited for applications that require uptime and portability. With the recent release of SQL Server 2012, Microsoft is ...

Today, at its Ignite conference in Orlando, Microsoft is announcing the general availability of a new version of its flagship operational database, SQL Server 2017. SQL Server is a product I have ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...

As covered by my ZDNet colleague Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft has announced that it is bringing its core, flagship relational database, SQL Server, to the Linux operating system. I also work for Datameer, ...

SQL, or the structured query language, is a specialized programming language designed for working with databases. There are a few different variations of SQL from different organizations and projects, ...

SQL Server 2017 went into general availability today. Today's release is a remarkable step in SQL Server's history, because it's not just a release for Windows. Today marks the general availability of ...