In SQL Server 2017, automatic plan correction was added, which allows for the database engine to automatically use the "last known good plan" for a query that has suddenly regressed in performance.

SQL Server comes with a feature called Query Store, which provides some performance details, including wait information. For more deeper diagnostic information there are a handful of third-party ...

SQL Server 2016 introduces some native JSON capabilities so that you can more effectively query stored JSON data as a canonical rowset. This mostly happens when the JSON data is the serialized version ...

In earlier versions of SQL Server, after selecting a join algorithm, SQL Server had to process it even if a better alternative might be available. In SQL Server 2017, the query optimizer can now sense ...

Patch Tuesday fixes 137 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws in SQL Server, Netlogon, Office, and the .NET Framework.

However, even without a JSON datatype, SQL Server 2016 still lets you query data stored in JSON format. I’ll look at that support in a later column (among other features, it provides a way to ...

DTSA 5734 The Structured Query Language (SQL) *Please note: This class is not being offered Summer 2 2023* ... Demonstrate capability to query data from multiple tables using SQL JOINS. Create and ...

SQL Server can use Azure services for backup, business continuity, analytics, policy and data governance. “SQL Server 2022 integrates with Azure Synapse Link and Microsoft Purview to enable ...