TechRepublic

SQL basics: Datetime and interval data types

Shelley Doll finishes her coverage of SQL data types with an overview of datetime and interval data types. Learn more about the basic syntax of these standard SQL types. Datetimes and intervals are ...
InfoWorld

Beyond SQL: 8 new languages for data querying

SQL has dominated data querying for decades. Newer query languages offer more elegance, simplicity, and flexibility for modern use cases. For the last three decades, databases and Structured Query ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Returning JSON from SQL Server Queries

With JSON now the default format for moving data between clients and servers, SQL Server adds JSON support to make it easier to get your data out of the database and down to the client. SQL Server ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Manipulate Data in the Cloud: ADO.NET Data Services Framework String, Date, Math, and Type Query Functions: Table 3 Apply Date, Math, Type, and String Functions to URI Queries.

ADO.NET Data Services supports integer, double, decimal, string, boolean, and dateTime data types, which the following functions accept or return as noted. Queries use these functions in the same ...
InfoWorld

What is SQL? The lingua franca of data analysis

SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and querying ...