NewSQL: The Relational Model Meets Distributed Architectures
Research firm The 451 Group coins "NewSQL" to categorize a new breed of database designed for distributed environments -- like the cloud.
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Crunching data or having access to vast amounts of data is crucial for many applications.
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Databases in the Cloud: Elysian Fields or Briar Patch?
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Cloud Computing with Microsoft Azure SDS
Don Schlichting introduces the Microsoft Azure service and explores the SQL Data Services (SDS).
2009-07-21
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UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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