Part 1 of this article introduced four new T-SQL functions available in SQL Server 2012. Part 2 has the rest.

In general, though, querying through JSON-dedicated functions and letting SQL Server do the parsing internally results in slightly faster code. The difference is even bigger if you add an index on ...

You can use SQL to create, modify, search, and display database information. Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements.

If you ever need to sort character strings stored in SQL Server fields, check out this demonstration of how to write a common sorting algorithm using SQL Server TSQL code.

The platform runs SQL Server on Kubernetes and directly connects SQL Server to Apache Spark for in-memory machine learning and advanced analytical functions.

Now generally available, SQL Server 2022's feature set brings it closer to parity with Azure SQL. Here are the biggest additions to Microsoft's RDBMS software you need to know.