Index tuning is critical for the performance of modern database systems. Industrial index tuners, such as the Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) developed for Microsoft SQL Server, rely on the”what-if”API ...

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Single-file T-SQL script that snapshots a SQL Server database's performance signals and schema into one Markdown report, designed to be read by humans and analysed by LLMs such as ChatGPT or Claude.

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 ...

Millions of users work with SQL to keep the gears of their business turning. In an era marked by relentless digital transformation, the proliferation of AI workloads, and tightening regulatory demands ...

Discredited autism researcher David Geier has full access to personally identifiable data from the original Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) and may be angling to conduct more studies with newer VSD data ...

Abstract: Generating accurate SQL from users’ natural language questions (text-to-SQL) remains a long-standing challenge due to the complexities involved in user question understanding, database ...

Microsoft has released the first preview of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22. The preview, announced on September 9, can be installed side-by-side with earlier releases, including SSMS 21, which ...

Abstract: The goal of the Cross-domain Text-to-SQL task is to accurately translate natural language questions into executable SQL queries, even when applied to previously unseen databases. Recently, ...

As today’s database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database ...

Amazon Aurora DSQL is now generally available in eight AWS Regions, with availability in additional Regions coming soon. Customers and Partners including ADP, Cintra, Caylent, DeNA, Robinhood, and ...

Since the development of the first database management systems (DBMSs) over five decades ago, DBMSs have become the foundation of modern data-intensive applications. However, deploying and maintaining ...