Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

Thanks to the technology behind ChatGPT, it’s become surprisingly simple to query a data set in plain English. As with most generative AI, results from OpenAI’s API are still imperfect, which means ...

If you're seeking to optimize your SQL queries and make the most of your database, this fundamental guide is an excellent resource. You'll learn the essential techniques to enhance database ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

While data warehouses and cloud-native architectures have grown rapidly, business users are still finding it difficult to reach enterprise data. Even as dashboards and query tools become easier to use ...

Here's a look at different ways to query Hadoop via SQL, some of which are part of the latest edition of MapR's Hadoop distribution SQL: old and busted. Hadoop: new hotness. That’s the conventional ...