I often see engineers instinctively adding an index whenever they encounter a slow query. However, this isn't always the right solution. Let's dive into a more nuanced approach to optimizing complex ...

ts-sql-query is a type-safe query builder that provides a way to build dynamic SQL queries in a type-safe way, that means, the TypeScript compiler verifies the queries. Type-safe SQL means the ...

When you connect to a relational database like SQL Server in Power BI/Power Query/Excel Get & Transform you have two choices about how to get the data you need: You can choose a table from the ...

Any serious Power BI developer should have it installed already, but if you have an older version you may need to update it to get the features I talk about in this post. You can generate SQL Server ...

Overview: Text-to-SQL simplifies queries but can misinterpret data structures and phrases.Ensuring up-to-date schema info and providing examples improves accura ...

Database management systems (DBMS) constitute the backbone of today’s information-rich society. A primary reason for the popularity of database systems is their support for declarative queries, ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. SQL Server 2022 introduces a handful of new members to the growing Intelligent Query Processing (IQP) family. These additions range from expanding and ...

SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and querying ...