Data pro Thomas LaRock dives into the intricacies of SQL Server design, emphasizing the power of smart datatype decisions.

Sample Database Diagram - SQL Server 7.0 Here is a sample E-commerce application database structure. For a relational database to work properly you should have a field in each database that uniquely ...

Oracle and SQL Server both include “built-in” stored procedures, and some of them are very handy. Unfortunately, relying on them is not advisable—you have no assurance that the database ...

There's a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...

News SQL Design Exam Live April 14 Exam tests SQL Server 2000 database design skills. 04/04/2001 Microsoft plans to release the 70-229 SQL Server 2000 Design exam on April 14. The exam tests ...

SQL Servers allow the import or export of database diagrams to another database. All the information related to a database is stored in the dtproperties table. Therefore, to import or export a ...