For those of you still using SQL Server 2005, Microsoft will completely end support on April 12th 2016. You can head over here to check out upgrade guidelines, download migration tools, and read more ...

SQL has dominated data querying for decades. Newer query languages offer more elegance, simplicity, and flexibility for modern use cases. For the last three decades, databases and Structured Query ...

On Jan. 25, 2003, a new worm took the Internet by storm, infecting thousands of servers running Microsoft’s SQL Server software every minute. The worm, which became known as SQL Slammer, eventually ...

Even if generative AI hides SQL behind the curtain, it will continue to play a critical role in how we interact with and use data. In May 1974, Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce published a paper on ...

Even after 50 years, Structured Query Language, or SQL, remains the native tongue for those who speak data. It’s had impressive staying power since it was first coined the Structured Query English ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled ...

The SQL Slammer worm (w2.SQLSlammer.worm), also known as Sapphire (F-Secure), w32.SQLexp.worm (Symantec), and Helkern (Kaspersky), exploits known vulnerabilities in Microsoft SQL 2000 servers. It has ...

If you were in IT in 2003, you remember what you were doing when Slammer went off like all civilians do when a president is shot. It was a Saturday…early Saturday. The SQL Slammer worm had been ...

Immortalized by “Little Bobby Drop Tables” in XKCD 327, SQL injection (SQLi) was first discovered in 1998, yet continues to plague web applications across the internet. Even the OWASP Top Ten lists ...

SQL injection has been a major security risk since the early days of the internet. Find out what's at risk, and how cybersecurity pros can defend their organizations. Few things terrify IT security ...