Oracle has a TO_CHAR function that converts n of NUMBER datatype to a value of VARCHAR2 datatype, using an optional number format. SQL Server has the STR function, which returns character data ...

When it comes to improving the performance of database systems, there are nearly as many approaches as there are DBA (database administrator) teams. That might sound acceptable at first glance. But, ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query ... including CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE, CREATE EXTERNAL FILE FORMAT, and CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE. The exact ...

Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source ... into SQL Server facilitates a wide variety of coding use cases in which T-SQL (Microsoft Transact-SQL) would not perform as ...

Reporting Services provides companies with a powerful new reporting tool that can increase business insight by providing real-time information from any data source to any device ... to include IMS, ...

Oracle Database has had JSON support since version 12c, but only within other data types (VARCHAR2, CLOB, or BLOB). Now it also has a native JSON type, which is stored in binary format ...