Specifies the precision for truncation. This table lists all the valid datepart values for DATETRUNC, given that it's also a valid part of the input date type.

What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)? Model Context Protocol (MCP) ↗︎ is an open standard that connects AI systems with external applications. Think of MCP like a USB-C port for AI applications.

Some of the world’s most critical databases run in places where cloud connectivity cannot be assumed. A remote industrial site, for example, may need production systems to continue operating when ...

Traditionally, businesses have had separate systems for operational (that is, OLTP) and analytics workloads. For such systems, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) jobs regularly move the data from the ...

As of today, July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 has reached end of support. For the past decade, SQL Server 2016 has helped organizations run mission-critical applications and support the data needs of ...

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 ...

Databases have introduced new AI-powered SQL functions which take natural language instructions as input and are evaluated using LLMs. They leverage the power of LLMs to answer new kinds of queries: ...

We are excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS and CREATE EXTERNAL MODEL in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. These two T-SQL features — CREATE ...

Master every SQL window function pattern tested in data science interviews. 14 worked problems covering ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSE_RANK, LAG, LEAD, running totals, NTILE, and complex multi-window queries ...

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). Attack Vector: This metric reflects the context by which vulnerability ...

Важной задачей при смещении периодов времени (месяцы, годы) является необходимость учесть разное количество дней в разных месяцах и годах ...

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