Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

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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 ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IDERA today released SQL Query Store Optimizer, the latest free tool in its portfolio of database monitoring tools, to help database administrators (DBAs) easily manage and ...

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