In this Microsoft SQL Server and JDBC tutorial, you'll learn how to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server in Java using JDBC. The steps are relatively straightforward: Each database is different, so ...

Joey on SQL Server A Deep Dive into SQL Server 2022's Query Performance Features, Part 1 An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the ...

Now that SQL Server also has Java within its SQL code, you have a new path to migrate Java applications to SQL Server. Pushing business logic into the database: Teams that are accustomed to developing ...

In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...

SQL Server 2016 offers a new tool for performance tuning called Query Store. This holds metrics that let you quickly see when an execution plan change has negatively impacted the database.

Code execution is isolated from the core engine processes, but fully integrated with SQL Server query execution. This particular language extension enables secure execution of Java code for a range of ...

Probably for a query that your application runs occasionally, in-memory processing of JSON data might still be an option. In general, though, querying through JSON-dedicated functions and letting SQL ...

With the exception of SQL Server 2008 R2, each version’s compatibility level number is 10 greater than the previous version. That puts SQL Server 2000 at 80 and SQL Server 2016 at 130.

With the latest public preview available, it's time to see if you want to upgrade to the most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far.

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.