In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...

Integration of Python for data science, graph processing for NoSQL-like functionality, and it runs on Linux as well as Windows. At almost 30 years of age, Microsoft's flagship database has learned ...

Query processing and optimization are critical components of database management systems (DBMSs), as they directly influence the efficiency and performance of data retrieval operations.

Query processing and optimisation are critical components of modern database systems, serving to translate high‐level declarative queries into efficient, low‐level machine instructions.

SQL Server 2014 will come with a new in-memory OLTP engine, one built with the company’s Heckaton set of technologies, first developed by Microsoft Research.

The next version of Microsoft’s relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come ...