A blog post urging SQL Server DBAs to upgrade SSMS, highlighting new features like improved code completion and easier installation.
Overview of official documentation, learning resources, and training materials for Microsoft SQL Server 2025.
Explores new SQL Server 2025 T-SQL features: the || string concatenation operator and the ||= compound assignment operator.
Explains the new UNISTR() T-SQL function in SQL Server 2025 for handling Unicode strings, emojis, and escape sequences.
Announcing a full-day SQL Server performance monitoring and troubleshooting PreCon session at SQLSaturday NYC 2025, led by a former Microsoft PM.
A technical guide on using jOOQ to pass table-valued parameters (TVPs) to T-SQL functions from Java, with code examples.
Explores MERGE DML statement support for Graph tables in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database, focusing on UPSERT operations for node and edge tables.
Announcing a free, open-source tool for collecting and parsing SQL Server deadlock graphs from system memory, aiding administrators and developers.
Discusses the importance of naming conventions and coding style for readability and productivity, with examples from SQL and C++.
