Traditional SQL tuning requires DBAs and developers to understand the execution behavior (per an execution plan) in the database and try to modify the statement, or use an index, to improve its ...

Figure 1. Execution plan of a server query. As you can see in the above execution plan, SQL Server has highlighted a missing index that it thinks would help our query improve.

Just to wrap up this week’s discussion on VLDBs we need to look at the new features of SQL Server 2008 as it improves the Data Partitioning features introduced in 2005. Let’s take a look. First of all ...

At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment ...