Postcodes are just text values. How does Power BI know where each postcode is on a map? It does so by geocoding: sending each ...

The Execute Direct Query event has a duration of 2.1 seconds – meaning that again there is a gap to be explained, a gap where ...

Abstract: Today, in the digital moment, when the presence of the Internet in daily life is all around, management of data has become an indispensable part in any kind of organization irrespective of ...

LinqContraband is the TSA for your Entity Framework Core queries. It scans your code as you type and confiscates performance killers—like client-side evaluation, N+1 risks, and sync-over-async—before ...

WASHINGTON, DC: Democrats took aim at President Donald Trump’s health and fitness on Wednesday, November 5, after his press secretary Karoline Leavitt dodged a question about his recent MRI. The party ...

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 ...

Abstract: Optimal query performance is crucial for database systems that operate in real-time or process large volumes of queries. In this paper, we present a comparative study of different SQL JOIN ...

At Microsoft Build 2025, we announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025. Built on a foundation of best-in-class security, performance, and availability, SQL Server 2025 empowers customers to ...

At Build 2025, SQL Server 2025 officially entered public preview. As one of the world’s most popular databases, this release continues a decades-long history of innovation with features made for ...