Testing and tuning SQL is an often-overlooked aspect of incorporating the database into your DevOps pipeline. It is important to be able to analyze and optimize SQL performance within your application ...

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Yesterday saw the launch of Sqlmap, an open source vulnerability testing tool that can automatically detect and exploit SQL injection flaws for the takeover of database servers. It’s a potentially ...

Microsoft has made SQL Server 2025 generally available. The latest version of the database focuses on built-in AI ...

How to use the InMemory provider in Entity Framework Core to test your methods without hitting the database or using fakes and mocks The InMemory database provider is an exciting feature in newer ...

Every now and then, the IT industry - vendors and customers alike - takes a common problem, gives it a catchy name, and drives the buzz (and market) rapidly to create new business opportunities for ...

Microsoft Corp. today is introducing updates across its database portfolio as part of general availability announcements for Azure DocumentDB and SQL Server 2025.

Since I had to connect one of my Unix systems to a Microsoft SQL Server database, I selected Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server on the Provider tab. In the Connection tab, I had to enter the ...

Testers of Microsoft's SQL Azure service experienced a three-plus hour unplanned outage this week -- just a couple of weeks before Microsoft is set to remove the beta tag from its Azure cloud service.

YugaByte, the open-source distributed database provider, today officially announced the availability of YugaByte DB 2.0. YugaByte is both an SQL and NoSQL database, meaning it offers all the benefits ...