JSON has stolen some of XML's thunder with features such as human and machine readability, a lightweight, compact text structure and support for many software and hardware platforms. JSON (JavaScript ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

If you’ve always been in awe of folks using the Google Search Console API to do cool things, this article is a good read for you. You can use BigQuery with the GSC bulk data export to get some of the ...

Here's a look at different ways to query Hadoop via SQL, some of which are part of the latest edition of MapR's Hadoop distribution SQL: old and busted. Hadoop: new hotness. That’s the conventional ...

One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record, the ...

LibreOffice contains a very powerful database tool that is actually quite user friendly. Here’s how to create a database query using the Design View tool. We may earn from vendors via affiliate links ...

British mathematician and entrepreneur, Clive Humby coined the phrase “Data is the new oil” in 2006. Fifteen years later, the analogy still holds true. This is especially true for large businesses who ...

Let's break down when it's ideal to use the NOLOCK hint and when you should never use it. As a consultant, I work on wide swaths of database systems, which means I get to see many, many SQL statements ...

At Microsoft's Ignite digital event this week, the company is announcing the private preview of SQL Server 2022, the next version of its three-decades-old relational database management system (RDBMS) ...

Microsoft's MSSQL extension v1.45 previews a configurable T-SQL formatter while two existing features reach GA.