Each year thousands of data professionals make the annual visit to Seattle, Washington for the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit. This is a community driven organization and event but ...

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. None of the weaknesses addressed this month are known to be ...

In this Microsoft SQL Server and JDBC tutorial, you'll learn how to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server in Java using JDBC. The steps are relatively straightforward: Each database is different, so ...

This article explains how to set up a sample database consisting of public data from the [New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission](http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc ...

This article discusses the “DROP IF EXISTS” statement available in SQL Server 2016 and later versions. “IF EXITS” is the latest optional clause added in the existing DROP statement in SQL Server 2016 ...

It’s time to get off Windows and SQL Server 2012 (or run them on Azure) Your email has been sent The release of Windows Server 2022 is a good reminder that older ...

SQL Server 2016 lost mainstream support this month, on July 13. While you can still run SQL Server 2016 and open support tickets, there will be very few performance updates. In an unusual step, ...

Hi, whenever I connect to a SQL Server 2016 SQL Server tells me that the password does not match. Is this because the FreeTDS Library does not support 2016 yet?

The second service pack for Microsoft's flagship RDBMS, SQL Server 2016, shipped this month. According to a blog post published this week, the SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes cumulative ...

Microsoft announced the availability of SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2) on Tuesday. The SP2 release is currently available through the Microsoft Download Center. The publish date is shown as ...

Microsoft’s SQL Server team has announced the availability of the second service pack for SQL Server 2016. As usual, the update comes with a rollup of hotfixes and several improvements. The company ...

JSON has stolen some of XML's thunder with features such as human and machine readability, a lightweight, compact text structure and support for many software and hardware platforms. JSON (JavaScript ...