A general rule of thumb for tuning database applications is "80 percent application, 20 percent database." This means that, on average, developers can tune 20 percent of performance problems by ...

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In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...

With the introduction of Oracle compatibility in MariaDB Server 10.3, it’s now possible to use Oracle PL/SQL and Oracle sequences in an open source database — making it easier for DBAs and developers ...

Microsoft has announced it has completed development on the latest version of its SQL database software package, SQL Server 2014, with the software set to be released on April 1. SQL databases are ...

Update: Microsoft released SQL Server 2019 CU8 with a fix for the reliability issue that impacted SQL Server 2019 CU7. Microsoft pulled the Cumulative Update package 7 (CU7) for SQL Server 2019 ...