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Index tuning is critical for the performance of modern database systems. Industrial index tuners, such as the Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) developed for Microsoft SQL Server, rely on the “what-if” ...

Index tuning is critical for the performance of modern database systems. Industrial index tuners, such as the Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) developed for Microsoft SQL Server, rely on the”what-if”API ...

DBeaver is a free, open-source, cross-platform SQL client and database administration tool. It is designed to support a wide variety of SQL and NoSQL databases, including MySQL and PostgreSQL. Its key ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...

Abstract: Cross-database knob tuning has long been recognized as a critical but complex task. Modern database systems expose hundreds of configuration knobs that play key roles in memory management, ...

Microsoft updated its free MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code with new Fabric connectivity and provisioning features in public preview, alongside GitHub Copilot slash commands and multiple ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are increasingly integral to database management, driving new levels of automation and intelligence in how data systems are administered. Modern ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

At its re:Invent conference, Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit today announced Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless, distributed SQL database that promises high availability (99.999% for multi-region ...

Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to improve the performance of a query." Optimizing SQL Server ...

I have encountered challenges when using 7B LLMs for SQL generation tasks, particularly when working with the company’s databases. These models often struggle to generate accurate SQL queries, even ...