Hey all, I could use a little help in improving a SQL Query. I have some tables that store poll/trivia questions and answers for a website. There is only going to be one poll displayed per day ...

Part of the problem is that there is no magic bullet, and for almost every best practice, I can show you at least one exception. Typically, a developer finds his or her own favorite methods — though ...

The ability to write parts of SQL queries in natural language will help developers speed up their work, analysts say. Google is previewing a new AI-driven feature in its BigQuery data warehouse that ...

SQL Server 2022: Here’s what you need to know Your email has been sent Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database workhorse that powers both an internal line of business applications and ...

As I discussed in an earlier column, SQL Server keeps a plan cached for each query it sees (assuming the query requires planning in the first place, of course). That's great for speeding up processing ...

Google Cloud has recently announced the preview of a global queries feature for BigQuery. The new option lets developers run ...

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 ...

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

Okay, all of my (well the vast majority of my practical) SQL knowledge has come from what I have gained by clicking around the MS SQL Studio Manager (?) like a blind monkey over the past few days as I ...