The MySQL query language works in that it constructs data records by selecting data from already existing data records. Many people use MySQL databases to power marketing and sales websites, ...

In an earlier blog I talked about the difference in mentality between the typical developer and the typical DBA. One of the characteristics of the DBA is the distrust of the Microsoft Wizards. “Give ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IDERA (a division of Idera, Inc.), a provider of powerful database productivity tools, today announced the availability of SQL Data Profiler, the newest free tool in the ...

The much-used Microsoft SQL Profiler is a tool headed toward obsolescence. What options are available once the tool is deprecated? We examine SQL Server Extended Events as a possibility. The ...

In this second delve into data cleanliness (read the first, How clean is your data?, here), we’ll test-drive the data profiling tool provided with Microsoft SQL Server. Other profiling tools have ...

SQL Server 2008 Integration Services ships with the wonderful new Data Profiling Task. Much as the name implies, it profiles the data in a given table and returns a ton of useful information. The task ...

One of the dreaded error codes we get in the SQL log is the “1205”. It represents the infamous deadlock where two transactions are locking each other out. No way ...

Performance optimization in software development can be a deeply polarizing issue among programmers. On the one hand, too much attention to performance tweaking rabbit holes has been known to send ...

Performance optimization may be the root of all evil, but these tools simplify the process of wringing the best performance out of your code. Performance optimization in software development can be a ...