Microsoft has just added support for query hints ... in the execution plan by looking at the actual number of rows versus SQL Server's estimate. [Click on image for larger view.] ...

To query any SQL ... on image for larger view.] Figure 2. Successful Azure PowerShell Connection Output. Although this next step might have been set for other reasons, you must have a server firewall ...

In part 1 of my SQL Server ... view.] Figure 1. The plan XML above, shows the highlighted range value. This process works in a manner that is similar (but different) than forced execution plans in ...

While some database workloads have migrated to the cloud—and the next version of SQL Server has more tools and integration with Azure services ... suboptimal query execution plans for repeating ...

which can now optimize queries in a number of more complex scenarios, for example. Also interesting is a new pay-as-you-go billing model for SQL server through Azure Arc, Microsoft’s platform ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically ... given that there's only 3,500 available now. Another query on the Orders table shows that you have, in fact, sold ...

I have a test server hosting several sites using SQL Server Express and SQL Management Studio Express. <BR><BR>I've seen one site have an occasional issue where queries to a particular table (the ...

Generally, depending on the database in question, extracting useful information from a RDBMS requires the use of a Structured Query Language (SQL ... Azure, can provide the server and the ...