This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next ...

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SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

For developers working with SQL Server, few performance tuning techniques are as essential--or as frequently misunderstood--as indexing. Done right, indexing can drastically improve application ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...

Abstract: Generating accurate SQL from users’ natural language questions (text-to-SQL) remains a long-standing challenge due to the complexities involved in user question understanding, database ...

Now we need to change all duplicate values to null. In other words, after grouping by the first two fields (or one of them), only the first record in the group remains unchanged, and the first two ...

As today’s database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database ...

In February, the online image repository DiscoverLife, which contains nearly three million photographs of different species, started to receive millions of hits to its website every day — a much ...