Review: SQL Server 2017 adds Python, graph processing and runs on Linux Integration of Python for data science, graph processing for NoSQL-like functionality, and it runs on Linux as well as Windows.

As I discussed in an earlier column, SQL Server keeps a plan cached for each query it sees (assuming the query requires planning in the first place, of course). That's great for speeding up processing ...

Joey on SQL Server Deep Dive into SQL Server 2022's Query Performance Features, Part 2: PSP Optimization Reduce workload times with this handy feature that can benefit every database pro.

Graph analytics is a hot topic, but what does it mean? At the DC GraphTour, I learned the difference between graph queries, graph algorithms, and graph analytics. Next up: San Francisco GraphTour.

Querying Your SQL Servers Get the right information on your SQL Servers via the Get-Service cmdlet. By Joshua Jones 09/28/2009 Last time, I discussed how to get PowerShell and SQLPS up and running ...

I'm not experienced in SQL. Finding a collection of cities with the given name, processing the results in a procedural language, and then doing followup queries against those particular cities to ...

IBM today announced the general availability of Graph, a service for the Bluemix cloud offering that the company said helps set up a relatively new, ...

Why? Because put at its simplest, a common query language could open the doors to graph technology being used more widely in exactly the same way the lingua franca of SQL propelled relational to ...

Studies provide some insight into where things stand. Research firm IDC estimates that, globally, around 800,000 servers are still running SQL Server 2005. A database platform upgrade is by no means a ...