While temporal data support is something that has existed in the past within other database platforms, it is a newly available feature with the RTM version of SQL Server 2016. In case you haven't ...

This data virtualization scenario is possible with the use of PolyBase connectors." First introduced with SQL Server 2016, PolyBase has evolved over the years and with the latest version, SQL Server ...

SQL Server 2008 introduces the ability to pass a table data type into stored procedures and functions. The table parameter feature can greatly ease the development process because you no longer ...

If screaming speed in data access is the most important thing in your life, SQL Server's durable in-memory, memory-optimized tables are your answer. They were good in SQL Server 2014 and they're even ...

SQL Server will almost always only use one index per table, and the extra indexes are getting updated but never used to look up data.

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 ...

You can’t upsize Access tables that contain dates earlier than January 1, 1953. Use saved queries as opposed to SQL statements as the data sources for Access objects.

Rockset today announced launched a new integration into SQL Server that will allow customers to continuously index production data as it hits the relational database and deliver sub-second analytics ...

Q&A The Intersection of Data and Generative AI Microsoft's Buck Woody breaks down how SQL Server is leveraging gen AI, and what skills you will need to stay competitive. By Gladys Rama, Chris ...