A small social media poll from Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen split respondents over whether the IDE should add more database tooling, while the discussion quickly turned to existing SQL project ...

Researchers have developed an easy-to-use tool that enables someone to perform complicated statistical analyses on tabular data using just a few keystrokes. Their method combines probabilistic AI ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

Another year passes. I was hoping to write more articles instead of just these end-of-the-year screeds, but I almost died in the spring semester, and it sucked up my time. Nevertheless, I will go ...

Spotify has acquired the sample-sourcing website WhoSampled. The streaming service announced that it’s rolling out a new feature called SongDNA, which will aggregate and centralize samples and covers ...

Spotify has acquired music database WhoSampled, which provides information about song covers, samples and remixes. The music streaming company quietly announced the acquisition in a blog post ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer exam validates your ability to design, build, and ...

Why is the language developers and DBAs use to organize data such a mess? Here are 13 reasons we wish we could quit SQL, even though we probably won't. For all its popularity and success, SQL is a ...

when used with an old SQL server version (or, in my case, a database with a compatibility level lower than 140). This happens because the STRING_AGG SQL function, which is used in the implementation ...

The United States government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers—including at least one 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal ...