Windows ecosystem gets bit by a problem that traces its way back to the days before Microsoft thought much about security.

Howdy,Using MS SQL Server.I've created a stored procedure to handle some things so the program doing the entry can be stupid, which is ideal. The problem is I'm sending table names as parameters ...

When looking at storage performance problems, looking at the performance of the disks for a single SQL Server instance (physical or virtual) may not tell the entire story.

If you haven't installed SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1, keep it that way. If you have installed the service pack, you may be regretting it. Microsoft pulled it last week after install errors surfaced ...

I currently produce a data file on an AS400 for use in a SQL 2000 database.I use the CPYTOIMPF command to produce a file from a query. I then copy it to a PC directory using the CPYTOPCD command ...

Apache's Hive Stinger Initiative is a three-phase project targeted at improving the SQL interface with Hadoop. Learn more now.

An announcement last week by Microsoft's Customer Service and Support team indicated that Windows patches from Microsoft's July 10 'update Tuesday' release may have caused SQL Server failures after ...

A Microsoft data platform MVP on the state of SQL Server today -- how it's evolved in Microsoft's Azure-first word, the best features to emerge in recent years and troubleshooting gotchas.

mcp_ohmy_sql is an open-source Text-to-SQL system developed for deployment in enterprise production. It is not about specific features as much as about integration, scale and reliability: It supports ...