The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB. MariaDB may have started as a MySQL fork, following Oracle’s acquisition of ...

For today, another article about Query Store. When SQL Server 2025 was released, there was not a lot of noise about Query Store when compared to the other changes, even though it has some good changes ...

Who are these scripts for? You need to troubleshoot performance problems with SQL Server, and you need to do it now. You don't have time to track down a bunch of DMVs, figure out Extended Events, ...

For developers working with SQL Server, few performance tuning techniques are as essential--or as frequently misunderstood--as indexing. Done right, indexing can drastically improve application ...

-- provided it is supported in the edition / pricing tier of the database. -- It does the following: -- 1. Validate that In-Memory OLTP is supported. -- 2. In SQL Server, it will add a ...

In the world of SQL Server, every developer and DBA is engaged in a constant balancing act. On one side, we have the demand for high concurrency—allowing multiple users and processes to access and ...

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Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Query Store is one of the most powerful database-scoped features in SQL Server for troubleshooting performance and improving the stability of your database ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Query Store is one of the most powerful database-scoped features in SQL Server for troubleshooting performance and improving the stability of your database ...