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 ...

To verify this, I registered three servers in SSMS 2008, one SQL Server 2000, one SQL Server 2005 and one SQL Server 2008. I then ran queries through the Multi-Server Query interface with a single ...

5 Management makeover The outward face of SQL Server 2005 is SQL Server Management Studio, a tool that rolls in all the applications in SQL Server 2000, including Enterprise Manager and Query ...

Moving SQL Server 2005 data will be the easy part compared to the app migrations.

With just a short amount of time to go until Microsoft officially kills off SQL Server 2005—i.e., no more hotfixes or security updates—the installed base of 800,000 to more than 2 million ...

Microsoft posted on April 18, 2006 the RTM version of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 Developer, Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise, and Express editions. Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, ...

Microsoft began a wide beta testing program of its forthcoming SQL Server 2005 database on Monday, a much anticipated--and delayed--product central to the company's server software line. The ...

Want faster SQL queries? Here are nine best practices for writing SQL queries that work like a charm (or at least, like they should).

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 ...