SQL-Transact SQL (T-SQL)

T-SQL (Transact-SQL) is a set of programming extensions from Sybase and Microsoft that add several features to the Structured Query Language (SQL), including transaction control, exception and error handling, row processing and declared variables. See complete definition.

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Azure Data Lake Analytics gets boost from U-SQL, a new SQL variant

The big data movement has frozen out many data professionals who are versed in SQL. Microsoft's U-SQL programming language tries to get such folks back in the data querying game.
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Limited public preview opens for Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Microsoft opened the preview of Azure SQL Data Warehouse, a petabyte-scale, distributed columnar data warehouse service with massively parallel processing.

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A query is a question or a request for information expressed in a formal manner. In computer science, a query is essentially the same thing, the only difference is the answer or retrieved information comes from a database. Continue Reading
SQL (Structured Query Language)

SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standardized programming language that's used to manage relational databases and perform various operations on the data in them. Continue Reading
T-SQL (Transact-SQL)

T-SQL (Transact-SQL) is a set of programming extensions from Sybase and Microsoft that add several features to the Structured Query Language (SQL), including transaction control, exception and error handling, row processing and declared variables. Continue Reading

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Using SQL DATEPART, GETDATE, DATENAME functions

SQL datetime functions DATEPART, GETDATE and DATENAME can retrieve the date and time or other individual parts of a value. Here's how to master these T-SQL tools. Continue Reading
Configure SQL Server at database level with new scoping syntax

SQL Server 2016 adds ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION to its new T-SQL statements. The statement lets DBAs control database configuration at the level of a single database. Continue Reading
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DATEADD and DATEDIFF SQL functions for datetime values

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