Collation describes the code page, case sensitivity, accent sensitivity, and language or alphabet in use. This SQL Server tip illustrates how you can force the use of any specific collation.

Want faster SQL queries? Here are nine best practices for writing SQL queries that work like a charm (or at least, like they should).

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or the database is slow. In the ...

Squash the dangers lurking in your SQL queries by setting parameters by way of parameterized queries.