Everyone wants faster database queries, and both SQL developers and DBAs can turn to many time-tested methods to achieve that goal. Unfortunately, no single method is foolproof or ironclad. But even ...

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 ...

SQL is a convenient way to manage and query your data, but badly written queries can tie up your database. Here are seven common SQL traps and how to avoid them. Database developers have it tough.

Hey, been reading the board for a bit. First post. I'm having issues coming up with a SQL query that will provide the average admits for each day of the week. However, I can't for the life of me get ...

I have a table that logs a record containing a userid, a fileid and a date, one record inserted every time that file is downloaded.<BR><BR>I want to get the top 10 downloads by count for a given date ...