Prior to SQL Server 2017, query processing was a monolithic process. The SQL Server query optimizer would first construct a query plan for a batch of T-SQL code, a stored procedure, or function and ...

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No fooling here, just a roundup of news from various vendors including Microsoft, MapR Technologies, AtScale, MemSQL, Looker, Ryft, Dataiku and more who announced Big Data-related products this week.

In-memory databases are all the rage for very fast query processing, but you have to have the right balance of compute and memory for queries against in-memory databases to really scream. Sometimes, a ...

Query processing and user interaction form the cornerstone of modern database systems, providing the framework for translating high‐level user queries into efficient, actionable operations. As data ...

SQL Server 2022: Here’s what you need to know Your email has been sent Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database workhorse that powers both an internal line of business applications and ...

SQL has dominated data querying for decades. Newer query languages offer more elegance, simplicity, and flexibility for modern use cases. For the last three decades, databases and Structured Query ...