Is that a new "feature"? Older articles like this indicate that a CASE statement does short circuit and can be used for that express purpose due to the execution plan optimizing the query and its ...

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

SuperSQL is an extension of SQL that allows formatting and publishing of database contents into various kinds of application data directly as a result of a query. Possible application data output ...

The ability to write parts of SQL queries in natural language will help developers speed up their work, analysts say.