SQL has dominated data querying for decades. Newer query languages offer more elegance, simplicity, and flexibility for modern use cases. For the last three decades, databases and Structured Query ...

From the browser to the back end, the ‘boring’ choice is exciting again. We look at three trends converging to bring SQL back ...

Hadoop has introduced a lot of agility into the world of analytics and data integration. Concepts such as schema on read and the radical flexibility of processing data stored in files have allowed ...

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SQL Server tools are used across industries to improve the performance, security, and automation of databases. Modern tools support cloud-hybrid s ...

SQL Server 2025: Redefining the modern data platformIssued by Ascent TechnologyJohannesburg, 11 Mar 2026 SQL Server 2025: Redefining the modern data platform. Explore how SQL Server 2025 reshapes the ...

Oracle9i offers some great tools to make it easy to view the execution plan and trace information for a SQL statement. Prior to Oracle8i, you had to create a plan table and execute special syntax to ...

If you don’t have a backup of your MS SQL database, then follow the below ways to recover deleted data. Transaction log files record each change made to the ...

The Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) service now works with SQL Server data, and can be applied using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), according to a Monday Microsoft announcement.

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 ...