Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

With over two decades of IT experience, Microsoft data platform MVP Thomas LaRock has seen nearly every SQL Server troubleshooting nightmare under the sun. In an upcoming session called "The Top 5 ...

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...

Recently I encountered a problem in a stored procedure that was caused by an unexpected result from the SQL Server ISNUMERIC() function. I was using SQL Server 2008 R2 but the issue has long been ...

As today’s database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database ...