Microsoft's Data API Builder is designed to help developers expose database objects through REST and GraphQL without building a full data access layer from scratch. In this Q&A, Steve Jones previews ...
PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...
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Built-in functions, UDFs, materialized results, and integrations with ML and AI models make streaming SQL a compelling choice when building microservices. “It is tempting, if the only tool you have is ...
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 ...
From query optimization to AI integration, SQL skills are adapting to meet the needs of modern analytics and engineering. Techniques like indexing, joins, and AI-driven insights improve performance ...