Ars Technica

Complex SQL query with optional tables

Multiple Detail Records - 4 in this case. (linked to the header record) Multiple Inventory Records - again, 4 - (each detail record points to one specific inventory record, but the inventory may be ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Speed Up Your Application with SQL Server In-Memory Tables

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If you want to speed up your application, don't look at your code, look at your data access. The two slowest things you can do in application development are ...
Simon Fraser University

What Are PROC SQL Tables?

You create PROC SQL tables from SAS data files, from SAS data views, from relational DBMS tables using the LIBNAME statement, or from relational DBMS tables using the SQL Procedure Pass-Through ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Converting JSON Objects to Relational Tables, Part 2: Creating Related Tables

SQL Server's OpenJson function will let you dismantle JSON structures into relational tables, including tables with foreign/primary key relationships. As I noted in an earlier column, JSON is great ...