By default (which isn’t a good practice) the location of your databases are here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA Unlike yours, this particular one is ...

This behavior of PaaS databases makes me think, what if we didn't have versions of SQL Server and just got updates? What do you think? Onto our final question: when will the next version of SQL ...

Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's ...

including some of Oracle's database systems, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft's SQL Server. Common commands in the SQL language include "SELECT," used to extract data matching some criteria from ...

PAGEIOLATCH_*—Buffer latches, including the PAGEIOLATCH_EX wait type, are used to synchronize access to BUF structures and associated pages in the SQL Server database. The most frequently occurring ...

Within SQL Server, temporary tables are stored in the Temporary Tables folder of the tempdb database. Transactions allow you to group SQL commands into a single unit. The transaction begins with a ...

Another effective automation method is using T-SQL Scripts with SQL Server Agent. This method is more popular with DBAs who operate within a database instance. In addition to the standard commands ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

MS SQL Server is by far the most common DBMS that attackers target, probably due to its tight integration with Windows. Brute-force credential guessing attacks against database servers are ramping ...