In the first of this two-part series, Microsoft's lead SQL architect explains how the company collects -- and secures -- telemetry data from Azure SQL Database customers to improve its engineering ...

Have you noticed that dynamic SQL is more popular today than ever before? There are a number of factors contributing to the success of dynamic SQL. Commercial off-the-shelf applications, such as SAP, ...

Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements. The statements use a SQL string varchar data type, then you execute the ...

Developers often dismiss dynamic SQL used in PL/SQL programs for two reasons.

The choice between T-SQL and CLR procedural code is similar to the difference between T-SQL and dynamic SQL, because the query processor can parse and optimize the SQL statements in a stored procedure ...

I want to set up a stored procedure where the data is ordered by column according to user input, i.e.GetSomeData(@SearchPhrase varchar(80), @SortCode int) ASSELECT Field1, Field2, Field3 FROM tbl ...

Warnings Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

Joey on SQL Server That One Easy Trick for SQL Server Performance Here's how to fix that performance database query to speed up response time. By Joey D'Antoni 09/28/2021 ...

You can treat SQL Server on Linux as a new deployment option, not a whole new database. That means you can choose the operating system that best fits your project.