See the SQL behind every LINQ expression — right in your editor. EF QueryLens translates EF Core LINQ to SQL at hover time. A shared daemon does the work — no database connection needed. Open the full ...

Even after 50 years, Structured Query Language, or SQL, remains the native tongue for those who speak data. It’s had impressive staying power since it was first coined the Structured Query English ...

NoSQL databases arose in response to the limitations of using SQL (Structured Query Language) for database queries. NoSQL databases store and manage data in ways that enable high operational speed and ...

With the latest public preview available, it’s time to decide if you want to upgrade to Microsoft’s most cloud-connected version of SQL Server so far. Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database ...

Below is a cheat sheet for creating SQL Server client connection strings and finding them in common configuration files. Connecting to instances by name, forcing a named pipes connection.

This paper aims to establish a relative study between a relational Microsoft SQL Server database and a non-relational MongoDB database within the unstructured representation of data in JSON format.

In this paper we describe novel techniques that make it possible to build an industrial-strenth tool for automating the choice of indexes in the physical design of a SQL database. The tool takes as ...

Abstract: Industries and individuals outsource database to realize convenient and low-cost applications and services. In order to provide sufficient functionality for SQL queries, many secure database ...

Hekaton is a new database engine optimized for memory resident data and OLTP workloads. Hekaton is fully integrated into SQL Server; it is not a separate system. To take advantage of Hekaton, a user ...