Fortunately, SQL Server provides several strategies for improving computed column performance. You can create persisted computed columns, index the computed columns, or do both.

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 ...

Unlike the XML support in SQL Server, JSON support does not include a JSON data type -- you just store JSON objects in a character column (probably defined as VarChar (max)).

Adding a ulong property that maps to a rowversion column via value conversion fails: Defaults cannot be created on columns of data type timestamp.. This is because for ulong properties, the column is ...