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.

In SQL Server 2016, Microsoft also added the query store, which helps track query performance and execution plans over time. While the query store is a fantastic tool for monitoring query ...

Proof-of-concept exploits have been released for a critical SQLi vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb that can be used to ...

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

Each query or line of T-SQL code runs under an interpreter, making it less than ideal for complex number crunching or other manipulations that benefit from compilation. Since SQL Server 7, stored ...

Query compilation and execution form the critical backbone of database systems, where high-level queries are translated into efficient low-level machine code and then executed to retrieve data ...

Originally, the SuperSQL query is directly converted into a single SQL query. In some query cases, this procedure returns a large intermediate table, which typically requires a long execution time ...

SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and ...

Today, MemSQL is announcing version 6.5, introducing autonomous workload optimization, and bringing improved data ingestion, as well as query execution speed.