Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth ...

The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

The biggest feature in the SQL Server 2019 preview launched at Ignite is SQL Server Big Data clusters. Travis Wright, Microsoft's principal program manager for SQL Server, explains exactly what this ...

In my last article, I told you a bit about Microsoft’s overall big data strategy in SQL Server 2014 (which has just become available to customers) with a deep dive ...

Master database file or MDF file is a primary database file that contains fields, tables, indexes, stored procedures and other data in SQL Server. Like other data files, this file is also susceptible ...

Another interesting session I attended at the PASS Summit in Seattle was one concerning dealing with VLDBs in SQL Server. It was called “Big Data – Working with Terabytes in SQL Server” presented by ...

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While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft’s database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements.

Take advantage of the open source library Serilog to log your ASP.NET Core application’s data to SQL Server or another database target. Logging is an essential feature for any application, as it is ...