From the browser to the back end, the ‘boring’ choice is exciting again. We look at three trends converging to bring SQL back ...

The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB.

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Follow these steps to find the length of a String in Java: Declare a variable of type String ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

On SQL Server, when a Guid property is value-generated, we use the special SequentialGuidValueGenerator; but when a string property is value-generated, we fall back to the core ValueGeneratorSelector, ...

Microsoft has announced the preview release of SQL Server 2025, the next iteration of the popular SQL Server 2022 database management system. SQL Server 2025 is designed to power AI applications in ...

Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements. The statements use a SQL string varchar data type, then you execute the ...

Ahead of Microsoft Build (and a possible SQL Server announcement), let's break down what we know and speculate about what we don't. One topic that has come up in several conversations with customers ...

Whether you build applications for SQL Server on-premises or in Azure, there are several options for you to develop or test for free, or with substantial cost savings. Some of these options you may be ...

Microsoft security researchers recently identified a campaign where attackers attempted to move laterally to a cloud environment through a SQL Server instance. This attack technique demonstrates an ...