What is a Foreign Key?

What is a Foreign Key?

01 May, 2023

Foreign Keys are a necessity in any relational database. They help connect distinct data tables together by creating a tightly-bound reference between the tables.

Add Auto-Increment to a Column in SQL Server

Add Auto-Increment to a Column in SQL Server

25 February, 2022

Knowing how to add auto-incrementing to a numeric column in SQL Server is a skill all database admins should have. It is an exceptionally common use case, whether it be on the Primary Key column of your table, or you need a column to identify insert order or similar.

How to Create a SQL Server Index

How to Create a SQL Server Index

21 February, 2022

Adding indexes to your SQL Server tables is something that you will do plenty of times throughout your career, either as a full-stack developer or as a specialist database admin. Fortunately, adding indexes to tables in your database is a pretty simple task.