In earlier versions of SQL Server, after selecting a join algorithm, SQL Server had to process it even if a better alternative might be available. In SQL Server 2017, the query optimizer can now sense ...

SQL Server next version CTP 1.2 now available As part of our rapid preview model, Microsoft is excited to announce that the next version of SQL Server (SQL Server v.Next) Community Technology Preview ...

SQL Server 2017 on Linux surpasses 1 million Docker pulls as the next preview version rolls out This post was authored by Rohan Kumar, General Manager, Database Systems Group SQL Server 2017 makes it ...

Microsoft is looking to bulk up SQL Server in the hopes of winning new customers and has fleshed out plans for the upcoming Datacenter and Parallel Data Warehouse versions of the popular database.

PolyBase was introduced with SQL Server 2016, which added Transact-SQL querying capabilities from Hadoop, and also the ability to join SQL Server data.

In this Project Mostly I worked on "SQL Aggregate Functions”, “SQL Clauses”, “SQL Wildcards”, “String Functions” & “SQL JOINS”. Purpose of Project: The main goal of this project is to determine the ...