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 ...

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

A federated SQL query execution engine created at Facebook, Presto brings interactive querying to all of your data — no matter where it resides Presto! It’s not only an incantation to excite your ...