Take any social media app, every tax preparation app or banking app, look to where the data is stored and you'll find a database that supports the application. The following example of SQL code ...

Chapter 2, How to use Oracle SQL Developer and other tools This chapter from Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL explains how to work with Oracle SQL Developer and other tools. In this section, learn how ...

Peter revisits an earlier tip on how to use stored procedures to speed up your code. This version makes your stored procedures simpler … though you may have to write a little more code to make the ...

Tony Patton discusses the merits of stored procedures versus placing SQL directly in the code. Find out which one is best for your particular situation. I once was pulled into a discussion about the ...

Thanks to the technology behind ChatGPT, it’s become surprisingly simple to query a data set in plain English. As with most generative AI, results from OpenAI’s API are still imperfect, which means ...

MSSQL v1.45 adds a built-in T-SQL formatter in public preview. Azure SQL Database Provisioning is now generally available. Shortcuts Configuration also moves to general availability. Microsoft has ...

Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source. The company once considered open source software to be an anathema, but now it’s common for Microsoft to pull software ...