As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...

Poke around the infrastructure of any startup website or mobile app these days, and you’re bound to find something other than a relational database doing much of the heavy lifting. Take, for example, ...

In the past, the question of how to perform auditing under SQL Server has had a simple answer: Do it yourself. But now, SQL Server 2000 has eased the burden of auditing by introducing an extensive and ...

Microsoft today announced an interesting update to its database lineup with the preview of Azure SQL Database Edge, a new tool that brings the same database engine that powers Azure SQL Database in ...

Even after 50 years, Structured Query Language, or SQL, remains the native tongue for those who speak data. It’s had impressive staying power since it was first coined the Structured Query English ...

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 ...