Simple Talk Editor in Free Stuff

Database technology learning resources

Before I started as the editor of Simple Talk, I worked on SQL Server. Only. (Ok, I used Redgate’s tools...

SQL Server Performance Tuning Using Wait Statistics: A Beginner’s Guide

This beginner's guide by Jonathan Kehayias and Erin Stellato covers the basics of using wait statistics; topics include the SQLOS...

SQL Server Hardware will provide the fundamental knowledge and resources you need to make intelligent decisions about choice, and optimal...

This book shows how to use a mixture of home-grown scripts, native SQL Server tools, and tools from the Red...

Download Brad McGehee's "from the ground up" guide to SQL Server's most powerful performance diagnostic tool.…

When information is exchanged in XML format, you need an agreement between the sender and receiver about the structure and...

Why is my query running slow? Why isn't my index getting used? In order to answer these questions, you have...

As a DBA, how well-prepared are you to tackle issues such as backup failure due to lack of disk space,...

For everything you need to know, rather than want to know, about SQL Server Reporting Services, replication, backup, XML, performance,...

Simple Talk gives their subscribers an exclusive Ebook, Rip Off! by David Craig worth £8.50…

Tired of struggling through dull, monchrome SQL, C# and VB code in website blogs and forums? Then check out the...