SQL Server doesn't support parallel modifications to a b-tree index. That might sound surprising. After all, you can certainly write to the same b-tree index from multiple sessions concurrently. For ...

This chapter excerpt on Parallel SQL (download PDF) is taken from the book Oracle Performance Survival Guide: A Systematic Approach to Database Optimization. Get pertinent information on optimizing ...

This chapter excerpt on Parallel SQL (download PDF) is taken from the book Oracle Performance Survival Guide: A Systematic Approach to Database Optimization. Get pertinent information on optimizing ...

This content is focused on Azure SQL Database and SQL database in Fabric. Azure SQL Database is based on the latest stable version of the Microsoft SQL Server database engine, so much of the content ...

Many people learning databases tend to rely on "adding indexes and tuning SQL." However, that is only the starting point of optimization. In fact, in the modern era of increasing data volumes, simple ...

Microsoft has wrapped up the first technology preview for SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse and is now moving onward, searching for additional companies looking to test drive the technology ...

runSQL.py: run on client machines. When executed, this program will connect to the cluster server machines that their configuration is stored in the catalog database. Then output the query it was ...

Microsoft has postponed the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse, formerly codenamed “Madison.” The Redmond company was initially planning to have SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data ...