The structured query language is a powerful tool for connecting to many database systems that store data in tables organized into rows and columns. It's often used on the backend of business websites ...

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The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

How to Find All Scheduled Jobs in SQL. Microsoft's SQL Server database software includes a job scheduling system which lets you perform routine business activities such as reporting and database ...

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 ...

SQL Servers allow the import or export of database diagrams to another database. All the information related to a database is stored in the dtproperties table. Therefore, to import or export a ...

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To help developers and database administrators understand the mechanics of PolyBase and how to write T-SQL queries to access data from heterogeneous sources, Kevin Feasel, proprietor of Catallaxy ...