Visual Studio Magazine

Speed O/R Mapping with LINQ to SQL: Table 1: Compare LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework.

LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework (EF) are both object/relational mapping (O/RM) tools for .NET, so it's not surprising that they share many common features. This table compares the most significant ...
TechRepublic

Passing table valued parameters in SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 introduces the ability to pass a table data type into stored procedures and functions. The table parameter feature can greatly ease the development process because you no longer need ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Data Virtualization in SQL Server 2022

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...
VentureBeat

Table-augmented generation shows promise for complex dataset querying, outperforms text-to-SQL

AI has transformed the way companies work and interact with data. A few years ago, teams had to write SQL queries and code to extract useful information from large swathes of data. Today, all they ...
techtarget

What is Structured Query Language (SQL)?

Structured Query Language (SQL) is a standardized programming language that is used to manage relational databases and perform various operations on the data in them. Initially created in the 1970s, ...
InfoWorld

What is SQL? The lingua franca of data analysis

SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and querying ...