In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

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.

Some of the primary new functionalities that come with this add-in include the ability to create maps from spatial and non-spatial data stored in SQL Server 2008, customize the display of map data by ...