dbForge 2025.3: AI Assistant in SQL Complete, Expanded Connectivity, and Smarter SQL Workflows

Forge 2025.3 adds AI Assistant to SQL Complete, supports SSMS 22, Visual Studio 2026, MySQL 9.5, MariaDB 12.2, and ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Mastering SQL Server Indexing: What Every .NET Developer Needs to Know

For developers working with SQL Server, few performance tuning techniques are as essential--or as frequently misunderstood--as indexing. Done right, indexing can drastically improve application ...
InfoWorld

Optimizing queries by using observability

In a modern enterprise data environment, the increasing volume of data, distributed architecture, and complex application dependencies challenge traditional query-tuning methods. Observability ...
GitHub

SQL optimizer convert join condition incorrectly

The SQL optimizer incorrectly alters the logic of a query that uses CTEs and nested JOIN operations. WITH `res` AS ( SELECT `t2`.`id`, CAST(IF(NOT `t3`.`id` IS NULL, 1, 0) AS BIGINT) AS `id_active`, ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Elevate SQL Development with VS Code

As SQL development increasingly becomes part of full-stack workflows, developers are looking for ways to simplify their tooling without compromising capability. While SQL Server Management Studio ...
Geeky Gadgets

Power Query Performance Boost : Use List.Buffer to Speed Up Refresh Times

Have you ever found yourself staring at a spinning wheel, waiting for your Power Query to refresh, only to wonder if there’s a better way? For anyone working with large datasets, refresh delays aren’t ...
marktechpost

SQL-R1: A Reinforcement Learning-based NL2SQL Model that Outperforms Larger Systems in Complex Queries with Transparent and Accurate SQL Generation

Natural language interface to databases is a growing focus within artificial intelligence, particularly because it allows users to interact with structured databases using plain human language. This ...
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The Key to Effective UDF Optimization: Before Inlining, First Perform Outlining

SQL is the de facto query language used to interact with databases. Since SQL is declarative, users express the intended result of their query rather than the concrete procedural steps to produce the ...