As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

BYROW replaces thousands of table formulas with one spill formula, making spreadsheets leaner and much more robust.

A hundred years ago this week, at the height of the quantum revolution, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger submitted a manuscript for publication. Its centerpiece was an innocuous-looking equation ...

Abstract: In this paper, we demonstrate advanced proxy-caching techniques for function-embedded queries. We term our proxy a function proxy. It does not only service a function-embedded query that is ...

In today’s competitive job market, securing a role in database management is difficult. SQL (Structured Query Language) remains a fundamental skill for database administrators, software developers, ...

Whether it was “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” landing a best picture nomination, “Parasite” being the first non-English language film winning the Academy Award for best picture, or the general ...

The new managed functions will let enterprises apply LLM reasoning to structured and unstructured data directly in SQL, eliminating prompt tuning and external tools. Google has boosted its BigQuery ...

In this post, we will go step by step into several aspects of Change Data Capture, a feature that is available on the Azure SQL Managed Instance and Microsoft SQL Server. The focus will be on the ...

Industrial organizations are racing to implement AI, yet many struggle to demonstrate concrete value from their investments. The missing element isn't better algorithms or more data; it's clarity ...