The new CE feedback feature in SQL Server 2022 will allow the engine to make decisions on an individual query level, which will help the performance to even more queries on a server.

If your business uses relational databases to store data, it helps to use the SQL SELECT command with the INTO clause to create new tables from query results. This method isn't ANSI-standard SQL, but ...

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Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do.

Denny breaks down how to identify and fix speed issues in multiple versions of SQL Server.

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I have been testing SQL Server 2008 RC0 (Release Candidate Zero) that was made available recently and I must admit I am beginning to like it. Even the new logo is growing on me. There are many new ...

There are some queries where it’s difficult for SQL Server to make a good estimate of what the cardinality will be, so it gets the cost wrong.

IIRC you can make SQL Server (for one) warn you whenever you use something non-ANSI; IIRC the number of non-ANSI things that one takes for granted is quite depressing.