SQLGlot supports the full CREATE TABLE syntax for temporal tables, but there's some cases missing around the ALTER TABLE syntax to add them after-the-fact. I've included code to create and clean up ...

What resources would you recommend for developers to get up to speed with using .NET Aspire with SQL Server and Azure SQL Database in enterprise environments and prepare for your session? I already ...

Instead of ALTER TABLE Student ADD Section varchar (30) CONSTRAINT DF_Student DEFAULT 'A' WITH VALUES; Microsoft will honor default values only if we provide "WITH VALUES" in case of not null ...

When designing objects in SQL Server, we must follow certain best practices. For example, a table should have primary keys, identity columns, clustered and unclustered indexes, data integrity and ...

Joey on SQL Server Why Activity Monitor May Be Hurting Your SQL Server's Performance As Joey explains, Activity Monitor consumes a lot of resources and yields little usable data.

If screaming speed in data access is the most important thing in your life, SQL Server's durable in-memory, memory-optimized tables are your answer. They were good in SQL Server 2014 and they're even ...

While temporal data support is something that has existed in the past within other database platforms, it is a newly available feature with the RTM version of SQL Server 2016. In case you haven't ...