VMware this week launched a new database as a service for organizations looking to move their SQL Server applications online without having to modify them. The company announced its new vCloud Air SQL ...

Let’s start by admitting that the title of this article is a tease. It’s a valid question and one that thinking people ask all the time. But in truth it’s not the first question you should be asking.

The task is to be able to copy a databases from production (and the source will always be production) down to staging or testing. Finally, all of these tasks need to be scriptable as SQL statements.

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Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...

Microsoft ratcheted up its product support for SQL Server 2005 by releasing Service Pack 3 (SP3) on Monday, along with SP3 Cumulative Update 1. Microsoft ratcheted up its product support for SQL ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...