I have data coming into my SQL Server database as JSON. Before I start parsing it which is quite intensive, I need to check if some values are present in the JSON. Is there a function I can use to do this? Let’s see what the new JSON_CONTAINS function in SQL Server 2025 can do.
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Microsoft introduced the APPLY operator in SQL Server 2005. Similar to a JOIN, it allows correlation between two table expressions. The key difference between the JOIN and APPLY operators is when you have a table-valued expression on the right side and want to evaluate it for each row from the left table expression. Since they produce similar results, when do you choose an APPLY versus a JOIN?
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This article explains how to customize an extended events session in SQL Server Analysis Services for auditing and monitoring
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The Tabular Model Definition Language (TMDL) provides a simpler way of defining Power BI Semantic Models. Unlike the JSON-based Tabular Model Scripting Language (TMSL), TMDL uses a more accessible tab-based format for specifying DAX measures, relationships, and Power Query code.
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Learn how to query your jobs to produce a report that is formatted to make consuming the data easy for DBAs.
2025-11-03 (first published: 2023-05-03)
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You’re building a new table or adding a column, and you wanna know which datatype to use: VARCHAR or NVARCHAR?
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This article examines the new regular expression functions added to T-SQL in SQL Server 2025.
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