Microsoft ORM Mapper learns column types Vector and JSON in Microsoft SQL Server 2025. At the same time, there is a first insider version of Visual Studio 2026. According to Microsoft's plan, .NET ...

Apparently with EFCore 8 preview 4 a new feature was introduced that tries mapping "Contains" queries to OPENJSON SQL commands. i think the reasoning behind this is that we should be able to also map ...

Read this SQL tutorial to learn when to use SELECT, JOIN, subselects and UNION to access multiple tables with a single statement. It’s sometimes difficult to know which SQL syntax to use when ...

Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's licensing ...

[!INCLUDE [sqlserver2016-asdb-asdbmi-asa-fabricse-fabricdw](../../includes/applies-to-version/sqlserver2016-asdb-asdbmi-asa-fabricse-fabricdw.md)] **OPENJSON** is a ...

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 ...

Here's how you can use SQL Server's OpenJson function to dismantle JSON structures into relational tables targeting either transactional systems or data warehouses. JSON is great for moving data ...

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