Dynamic Data Access with Plain Old SQL and SqlQuery. You don't have to give up using dynamic SQL just because you're using Entity Framework. The Entity Framework SqlQuery method will give you back the ...

Dynamic Data Masking in SQL Server 2016. Dynamic data masking ensures that non-privileged users see only the data they are permitted to see while other data is masked. The big benefit is that, once ...

For example, DMVTOOL lets you see SQL Server dynamic management views from the command line, so you can get performance information about the database. There’s also PowerShell scripting support.

In a previous TechRepublic column about SQL Server 2005, I showed how you can convert some of your iterative queries (cursors) to set-based operations in order to enhance performance. You should ...

Q&A. Get Started Using .NET Aspire with SQL Server & Azure SQL Database. By David Ramel; 01/23/2025; Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an ...