scenario, you face assembling the SQL in your code or using the T-SQL exec command (or the sp_executesql system stored procedure). The difference with this scenario is where the code is executed ...

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

The use of these attributes, shown in Listing 3, allows the subsequent Bulk Insert code to read our object and adapt to changes in the object, or allow other objects with the same custom attributes. I ...