An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

New AI capabilities help DBAs move from performance visibility to performance resolution—turning slow queries into actionable index recommendations in minutes HOUSTON, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

Often, designing databases and speeding up SQL Server queries are treated as a kind of abstract problem: A just "Find this problem, apply this solution" approach to problem solving. In practice, ...

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

New dbForge release improves AI-powered SQL generation and adds PostgreSQL visual query building and table editing By ...

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Devart is releasing dbForge 2026.1, a major update that brings a variety of new features and long-anticipated enhancements to the entire dbForge ecosystem.

“SQL on everything” is the tagline associated with Presto, the query engine that was initially developed by Facebook to rapidly analyze massive amounts of data — particularly data that lay scattered ...

The purpose of the job is to plan, manage, administer, and secure system databases, troubleshoot database issues affecting system performance, and ensure data quality across the databases. As an SQL ...