A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or ...

Playing catch-up Microsoft is introducing other capabilities to SQL Server 2025 to facilitate the development of AI-based applications, including JSON support, a Python driver, and change event ...

Defending tips Microsoft suggests using Defender for Cloud and Defender for Endpoint to catch SQL injections and suspicious SQLCMD activity, both employed in the observed attack. To mitigate the ...

In this two-part series, I'll tell you about some improvements Microsoft is making in SQL Server 2022 to improve cardinality estimates and deal with another common query optimization concern ...

With the latest public preview available, it's time to see if you want to upgrade to the most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far.

This paper discusses abusing Microsoft SQL Query wildcards to consume CPU in database servers. This can be achieved using only the search field present in most common web applications. If an ...

SQL Query Analyzer had a neat debug facility for Stored Procedures in SQL 2000. It went missing in SSMS 2005 but at least we could use the Visual Studio debug facility for both .NET and Transact ...

The Microsoft SQL Query Analyzer is part of the client tools that come with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. It's designed to analyze the SQL queries that you or a program makes that ...