If you write a JOIN statement by yourself and then want to convert it to the diagram view, just switch the SQL Editor with your statement to the Visual Query Builder. Note: the Visual Query Builder ...

The automated optimization of declarative SQL queries is a classical problem that has been diligently addressed by the database community over several decades. However, due to its inherent ...

Joey on SQL Server A Deep Dive into SQL Server 2022's Query Performance Features, Part 1 An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the ...

Well, you have always been able to use the Power Query Editor to transform data coming from Snowflake in either Import mode or DirectQuery mode. Now, though, you can write your own native SQL query ...

However, SQL Server 2016 also fully supports the rowset-to-JSON query scenario when you write a regular T-SQL query and then map results to JSON objects via the FOR JSON clause. For more information ...

While the integration of the Power Query engine into Analysis Services Tabular 2017 and Azure Analysis Services with modern data sources will certainly bring a lot of benefits, I think it’s fair to ...

Microsoft techies have pinpointed the SQL query that smashed the software giant's Visual Studio Team Services offline for several hours. It appears the query triggered a crippling SQL Server 2014 bug ...