SQL Server: The traditional database engine, which also stores SSRS catalog data. SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS): A component for online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining.

Dino Esposito explains JSON-to-rowset native support in SQL Server 2016 and provides a realistic perspective of data query when you have JSON data stored in the database.

T-SQL, SQL Server's programming language, has commands that insert a PDF into a variable-sized binary BLOB data field. T-SQL's OPENROWSET function retrieves the PDF file and stores it in a ...

SQL Server 2008 R2, which ships this month, allows end users to tap into the powerful business intelligence features of SQL Server via tight integration with popular Microsoft applications like Excel.

The normal processing cycle for an ASP.NET MVC is to retrieve some data in the Controller, move it into a Model object, and then pass that data to a View to be embedded into some HTML. It's not ...

SQL has dominated data querying for decades. Newer query languages offer more elegance, simplicity, and flexibility for modern use cases.

The final SQL Server 2012 service pack is now available for download. The latest official release for the half-decade-old version of Microsoft's database management system includes a rollup of all ...