Microsoft announced the Azure Functions serverless agents runtime in public preview at Build 2026, turning the event-driven compute service into a platform for building and hosting AI agents. The ...

Introduction: Are there really only 'single' return values for functions? To all database engineers, thank you for your hard work in designing complex data extraction and aggregation processes. When ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Ruth Linehan explains how migrating ...

Abstract: This paper analyzes the trade-off between code readability and query performance in SQL Server, focusing on table-valued functions. A comparative study of inline TVFs, multi-statement TVFs, ...

Whether it was “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” landing a best picture nomination, “Parasite” being the first non-English language film winning the Academy Award for best picture, or the general ...

Convex analysis plays a fundamental role in mathematics. In this paper, we extend the concept of convexity to vector-valued functions in Banach lattices. We introduce the notion of “order convexity” ...

We’re excited to announce a new migration capability in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new capability, now generally available, is powered by Azure Database Migration ...

Assigning a category based on a number range is a common practice everywhere in schools, colleges, and offices. You can do this in Excel, too. By using the right Excel functions and formulas, you can ...

In this post, we will go step by step into several aspects of Change Data Capture, a feature that is available on the Azure SQL Managed Instance and Microsoft SQL Server. The focus will be on the ...