Dino Esposito explains JSON-to-rowset native support in SQL Server 2016 and provides a realistic perspective of data query when you have JSON data stored in the database.

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

For the past fifty years, SQL has helped us understand, manipulate and use our data to our advantage.

SQL Server 2022 introduces CE feedback, which, based on the data collected in the query store, learns which CE model assumptions are valid over time for your queries.

Why is the language developers and DBAs use to organize data such a mess? Here are 13 reasons we wish we could quit SQL, even ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs.

The core value of conversational BI lies in lowering the threshold for data analysis and promoting "data democratization." Traditional BI requires users to master SQL, OLAP, and possess data thinking ...

If you have accidently deleted data from database tables in MS SQL Server, you can restore the deleted data (tables) using Log Sequence Number (LSN). But for this, you need the transaction backup file ...