Reindexing tables is an important part of good database housekeeping, because it reorganizes the indexes and restores speedy access. Microsoft's SQL Server has a handy command that rebuilds all ...

The creation of multiple bitmapped indexes provides a very powerful method for rapidly answering difficult SQL queries. For example, assume there is a motor vehicle database with numerous low ...

First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data ...

Its search engine indexes the entire visible Internet every ... It's theoretically possible to do something like that with a SQL database, Lie said, but in practical terms, "you'd be spending ...

Scaling distributed SQL queries needs more performance and efficiency in the agentic AI era. It’s a challenge Cockroach is looking to solve.