Like most databases created in the last few decades, SQL Server allows developers to extend the database by creating functions. But prior to the upcoming 2019 release, SQL Server’s support for ...

Recently I encountered a problem in a stored procedure that was caused by an unexpected result from the SQL Server ISNUMERIC() function. I was using SQL Server 2008 R2 but the issue has long been ...

and SQL Server, making the Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions a flexible component for event-driven applications. That's a bit weird to me. If an event fires an Azure function, it should not ...

Building on the DATETIMEFROMPARTS, DATETIME2FROMPARTS offers similar functionality, but yields more precise DateTime2 data type, containing fractions of a second to a specified precision. Naturally, ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, ...

As I recall, the scalar function inlining query optimization improvement, made it to GA in SQL Server 2019 before it made it to Azure SQL DB. However, a couple of exceptions aside, looking to the ...

What is an SQL Window Function? A window is a set of rows or observations in a table or result set. In a table, you may have more than one window depending on how you specify the query.

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its ... Microsoft A good example here is the new disaster recovery function that allows users to replicate their data in SQL Managed ...

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...