Ars Technica

Powershell. SQL Query. How to determine if a query returns no results?

I’ve created a script that monitors a table in a SQL Server database. I’m only interested in one column in the table: TimeStamp. If the maximum (newest) value in TimeStamp is more than 30 minutes ...
Chris Webb's BI Blog

Power BI, Parallelism And Dependencies Between SQL Queries In DirectQuery Mode

As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...
Ars Technica

Transposing SQL Query Results

Let's say I have a query I'm running in MS SQL Server 2k that returns this result set:<BR>-----<BR>MSFT 2002-01-31 63.71000000<BR>MSFT 2002-02-28 58.34000000<BR>MSFT 2002-03-31 60.31000000<BR>MSFT ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Create a Table From Query Results in Microsoft SQL

If your business uses relational databases to store data, it helps to use the SQL SELECT command with the INTO clause to create new tables from query results. This method isn't ANSI-standard SQL, but ...
TechRepublic

SQL basics: SELECT statement options

Learn how to master the SELECT statement to form truly useful data queries. This article explains functions, clauses, and keywords that will make your life a lot easier. Due to popular demand, we’re ...

dbForge 2025.3: AI Assistant in SQL Complete, Expanded Connectivity, and Smarter SQL Workflows

Forge 2025.3 adds AI Assistant to SQL Complete, supports SSMS 22, Visual Studio 2026, MySQL 9.5, MariaDB 12.2, and ...