For this reason, SQL Server stores execution plans in ... Additionally, you can see QueryVariantID in the query plan element of the XML which allows you to identity which variant was used.

IBM is preparing to advance the XQuery XML query language on two fronts ... program manager for the SQL Server database, in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft plans to support XQuery in the Yukon release ...

The same can't be said for other complex types such as XML, CLR and Spatial that are still on the waiting list. In this column, I focused on the JSON-to-rowset scenario. However, SQL Server 2016 also ...

JSON support consists of keywords and functions you can incorporate into your queries. Unlike the XML support in SQL Server, JSON support does not include a JSON data type -- you just store JSON ...

Ideally, this data type would come with some dedicated indexing structures, the way SQL Server has XML indexes, allowing faster queries against large volumes of JSON data. One of the challenges ...

The new XML Spy provides enhanced tools support for Microsoft developers and database administrators. As a result of cooperation with the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 product team, the XML Spy 4.3 ...