One reoccurring SQL Server question that I see: Why is my TempDB database so large and what can I go to reduce the size of TempDB? The answer requires some basic understanding of the internals of ...

What makes SQL Server worth it compared to those free, open-source options? I'm currently working on a development project using PostgreSQL -- it's a good database, but it has its issues -- and I ...

BR><BR>In SQL Server Agent Properties I select Alert System.<BR>Then I check "enable mail profile" and mail system is Database Mail, Mail Profile is (well my mail profile)<BR><BR>I then click OK.

Just calling this by itself brings up a graphical box that prompts you to input your Azure e-mail and password ... you must have a server firewall rule setup to allow incoming SQL connections from ...

SQL Server is still a database workhorse that powers both an internal line of business applications and large-scale public websites like Stack Overflow. While some database workloads have migrated ...