How to Restore a SQL Database From a .MDF File. Computer database software such as Microsoft's SQL Server benefits all types of businesses, as it makes recordkeeping fast, flexible and secure.

The view name, once defined, database users may reference this view as if it were a physical table. Whenever the controlling mechanism within the database sees a query against a view, it simply drags ...

When you use index views in the right situations, they can dramatically improve the performance of SQL Server queries. Tim Chapman explains why performance testing is the best way to tell if ...

The administrative aspect of Copilot here is more like the ChatGPT experience than the T-SQL query builder. You can ask questions like "Why is my database slow?" [Click on image for larger view.] ...

This is a special software designed to repair corrupt SQL Server database files. It can rebuild the database, including the log file. This software repairs the database based on the SQL Server data ...

To find the database name you can pipe the output of Get-AzureSqlDatabasServer directly to Get-AzureSqlDatabase. You can see here that I'll be using a database name of myazuredatabase. [Click on image ...

By Joey D'Antoni 05/19/2025 Today, at Microsoft Build, Microsoft announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025 -- the latest release of their premier database product.

When I am working with an Oracle database, I still find myself using SQL*Plus for many quick and dirty database queries. In particular, I often look up constraints in SQL*Plus. In this post, I ...

Here is a list of common wait types and techniques that every DBA (or wannabe DBA) should know. While there are many more wait types than listed here, understanding these will give you a leg up when ...