Every professional programmer (and DBA) should have a library of books on SQL fundamentals. There are many SQL titles to choose from, and a lot of them are very good. But this month's column will ...

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks. While the embrace of big data, machine learning, and IoT by business enterprises everywhere may ...

As the amount of data we have expands, so do the challenges in protecting and managing it. The 2023 Professional Microsoft SQL Database Development Bundle explores how to build, maintain, protect, and ...

There are various ways to interface with a database, including Access and HTML, but one approach takes advantage of legacy Microsoft ASP (with ADO/ADOX) to build a front end. This method, which I will ...

Designing an appropriate set of indexes can be one of the more troubling aspects of developing efficient relational database applications. Perhaps, the most important thing you can do to assure ...

You don't need to be a software developer to quickly create an API that will retrieve the information you need. One of the recent announcements at the SQLBits conference in Wales in March was the ...

Microsoft Fabric is ushering in a new era of database management through its innovative autonomous SQL databases. These innovative databases are designed to streamline your management tasks while ...

From a knowledge standpoint, learning SQL makes sense. The web is all about data, and SQL is the primary language for managing data and data structures…therefore, it’s definitely something worth ...

At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment in its ...