On September 9, news emerged that the 51st top database conference, VLDB 2025, concluded in London, UK, with two research ...

That means that people doing DBA work on SQL Server frequently do not know the fundamental technical details or the processes and practices commonly used by experienced enterprise DBAs. What ARE the ...

Even if generative AI hides SQL behind the curtain, it will continue to play a critical role in how we interact with and use data.

Spark SQL: Apache’s Spark project is for real-time, in-memory, parallelized processing of Hadoop data. Spark SQL builds on top of it to allow SQL queries to be written against data.

Designing an appropriate set of indexes can be one of the more troubling aspects of developing efficient relational database applications. Perhaps, the most important thing you can do to assure ...

Denny Cherry, Consultant, Author and Microsoft MVP What is your top favorite new indexing feature in SQL Server 2016 and why? My favorite feature hands-down is the Query Store.

I've tried all kinds of combinations of selecting the top 10 with a count query but can't seem to get the 10 records to be anything but the last 10 inserted. <BR><BR>Not being a strong SQL guy ...

Analyze database contents using basic, intermediate and advanced SQL statement syntax and usage. Demonstrate capability to query data from multiple tables using SQL JOINS. Create and modify database ...

Space and Time releases Proof of SQL tool for its decentralized Web3 data service, powering cryptographic zero-knowledge proofs that data is verified and tamper-proof.