A Microsoft data platform MVP on the state of SQL Server today -- how it's evolved in Microsoft's Azure-first word, the best features to emerge in recent years and troubleshooting gotchas.

No SQL service packs as of now. This server supports the accounting department's Solomon IV system and I'm not sure which SQL service pack is supported.

Microsoft has recently released a powerful new DMV specifically to help with memory issues, sys.dm_os_out_of_memory_events. It is currently available in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Man­aged ...

An announcement last week by Microsoft's Customer Service and Support team indicated that Windows patches from Microsoft's July 10 'update Tuesday' release may have caused SQL Server failures after ...

Can you login to MySQL OK on the command line? Did you set the password for the phpgroupware user and configure the PHP to use it? It looks like all the errors result from an inability to connect ...

If you haven't installed SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1, keep it that way. If you have installed the service pack, you may be regretting it. Microsoft pulled it last week after install errors surfaced ...

One of the things I repeatedly encounter when speaking to database professionals working with Microsoft SQL Server is that many of them simply don't know about some of the most elementary and ...

Sound output problems Users continue to report problems with audio output (non-existent in some cases) after the Mac OS X 10.4.4 update. One reader writes: ...