Microsoft confirmed Windows updates since Oct 13 leave SQL Server linked server connections open to Oracle and PostgreSQL.

Patent-pending solution brings automated physical MDF and logical index fragmentation management to Microsoft SQL ...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows updates released since the October 2026 Patch Tuesday are causing SQL Server performance and stability issues.

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SmartBase by Miyoni is a free SQL-powered cloud backend platform that bundles database management, REST APIs, cloud storage, ...

Modern query optimizers use analytical cost models to estimate the cost of a given query plan. Such cost models are typically functions of a set of”cost units”that specify unit CPU cost when ...

This is a PDF question bank for [Microsoft DP-300] preparation, containing 500 original multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations, covering everything from Azure SQL migration, security, ...

Free, open-source SQL Server execution plan analyzer — cross-platform GUI + CLI with 30 analysis rules, missing index detection, SSMS extension. Built-in MCP server for AI-assisted plan review. SQL ...

When all queries against a SQL Server instance or a particular database application are slow, the cause is often outside any single query. This article helps database administrators and application ...

If you've just started writing SQL Server queries, there's a good chance you probably wrote a query, saw it return the right rows, and moved on. That's normal and it's also exactly why so many ...

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