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To connect to a named instance, the SQL Server Browser service must be running. In SQL Server Configuration Manager, locate the SQL Server Browser service and verify that it's running. If it's not running, start the service. The SQL Server Browser service isn't required for default instances.

SQL is a query programming language that manages RDBMS. MySQL is a relational database management system that uses SQL. SQL is primarily used to query and operate database systems. MySQL allows you to handle, store, modify and delete data and store data in an organized way.

By using SQL Server Export and Import wizard, we can export from the source database or import from the destination to transfer the data. STEP 2: After SQL Server Import and Export Wizard popped up, click Next. STEP 3: Now Select the Data source from the drop box from which you want to copy the data.

Three primary components make up SQL Server architecture: Protocol Layer, Relational Engine, and Storage Engine. Here's a diagram of Microsoft's SQL Server architecture. Now we turn our attention to the trio of primary SQL Server components. So brace yourself; we're going to get technical

A deadlock occurs when two or more processes or transactions block each other from continuing because each has locked a database resource that the other transaction needs. SQL Server handles deadlocks by terminating and rolling back transactions that were started after the first transaction.

Oracle is typically more complex to manage, has a higher learning curve, and costs more to maintain. Both Oracle and SQL Server come with their own “dialect” of the SQL language that extends the basic functionality of SQL. Oracle uses PL/SQL (Procedural Language/SQL), while SQL Server uses T-SQL (Transact-SQL)