The return type of this function will vary depending on the type selected by the index, as well other types in the list of values. CHOOSE returns the data type with the highest precedence from the set ...

Shelley Doll finishes her coverage of SQL data types with an overview of datetime and interval data types. Learn more about the basic syntax of these standard SQL types.

Here is a list of common wait types and techniques that every DBA (or wannabe DBA) should know. While there are many more wait types than listed here, understanding these will give you a leg up when ...

Snowflake wants to reduce enterprises’ reliance on data engineers and data scientists for unstructured data analysis with its new SQL functions powered by generative AI.

InfluxData Inc. is the developer of InfluxDB, an open-source platform designed to retrieve and store time series data for monitoring, analysis, metrics and more. Recently, the company announced ...

SQL history Before there was SQL, databases had tight, navigational programming interfaces, and typically were designed around a network schema called the CODASYL data model.