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 ...

That capability is enhanced in SQL Server 2016, the first-ever version that lets developers query within JSON strings as if the JSON were organized into individual columns. What's more, you can read ...

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 ... You’re not ...

I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting ... to return the required data. This wait type may also indicate the SPID is waiting for remote procedure calls ...

It’s time for the next version of SQL ... query other databases, including those of Oracle, Teradata and MongoDB. This turns SQL Server into something of a virtual integration layer — yet the ...

A public preview of SQL Server 2025 adds new vector capabilities already found in rival databases, along with JSON support ...

At its Ignite conference in Orlando today, Microsoft released a new version of its core relational database, SQL Server ... data can remain in its native repository, with as much of the query ...