That capability is enhanced in SQL Server 2016, the first-ever version that lets developers query within JSON strings as if the JSON were organized into individual columns. What's more, you can read ...

The next release of Microsoft SQL Server ... of the number of rows of data involved in an operation), the order of the operations, such as joins, and the physical algorithms used to process the query, ...

If your business uses relational databases to store data ... the results of two queries into a new table. When working with databases other than Microsoft's SQL Server, check the manual to ...

In part 1 of my SQL Server ... that a query execution plan is created for a parameter used when the query was compiled and is suboptimal for other values. This is typically caused by data skew.

Repeatedly, Redmond has tried to make the need to switch over to specialized tools, like SQL Server tools, obsolete. The success has been mixed at best, and yet Microsoft is trying again. When SQL ...