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

Probably for a query that your application runs occasionally, in-memory processing of JSON data might still be an option. In general, though, querying through JSON-dedicated functions and letting SQL ...

Most of that time wasn't spent executing the queries, it was the query waiting for a large, unneeded memory grant. When I changed compatibility mode back to 160, I repeated the test process.

Returning JSON from SQL Server Queries With JSON now the default format for moving data between clients and servers, SQL Server adds JSON support to make it easier to get your data out of the database ...

Here, it will try to connect to an SQL Server via the xlcon DSN and execute a query to print the value from the name field, which has a greater value of age field than the value in C5 cell. Macros ...

Warnings Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here's why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well.