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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...