Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

A few strategic decisions can help improve your generative AI code and queries, and prevent sending out sensitive data.

SQL Server 2016 lets you treat JSON objects like rows in a table, allowing you to use data from AJAX queries in joins, updates and any other SQL statement you can think of.

In SQL Server 2017, automatic plan correction was added, which allows for the database engine to automatically use the "last known good plan" for a query that has suddenly regressed in performance.