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 ...

Credit card information in your business's database is much more secure if you encrypt it. If you store this information as plain text, unscrupulous users can easily steal the data either through ...

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 ...