In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...

It is more efficient to omit the ORDER BY clause when you are creating the view and specify it as needed when you reference the view in queries. Note: If you specify the NUMBER option in the PROC SQL ...

Creating a database as you've described is a lot of work, and as others have mentioned their might be better alternatives than a relational database. (or at least the typical structure for a ...

Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex PowerShell commands.

Hello, I've got a bit of an unusual request, I want to create some duplicate rows in a SQL Server table. We have a WorkOrders table that has our customer orders in it. Every order has a WOID ...

The SQL template program appears in the SQL Editor window. In this example, all the columns are selected from the AIRLINE.DELAY table, as shown in the following display.

SQL lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger table while working in Access. Sound complicated? It's not, as Mary Ann Richardson shows us.