Microsoft's MSSQL extension v1.45 previews a configurable T-SQL formatter while two existing features reach GA.

Here's a look at different ways to query Hadoop via SQL, some of which are part of the latest edition of MapR's Hadoop distribution SQL: old and busted. Hadoop: new hotness. That’s the conventional ...

Don't be afraid of using your chosen database's command-line client. I might as well say this up front: I don't like using GUI (aka non-command-line or graphical) tools with my databases. This is ...

Database performance is rarely a single "fix it and forget it" task. SQL Server workloads shift over time. A sluggish ...