Occasionally you might want to submit SQL statements that are not queries, such as statements that drop tables or create indexes. These non-query, non-SELECT statements do not produce output. You can ...

Oracle9i offers some great tools to make it easy to view the execution plan and trace information for a SQL statement. Prior to Oracle8i, you had to create a plan table and execute special syntax ...

Learn how to master the SELECT statement to form truly useful data queries. This article explains functions, clauses, and keywords that will make your life a lot easier.

The ability to use SQL with Entity Framework Core has always been a cool feature. There's a new feature in Entity Framework Core that opens the door for whole new set of SQL-related functionality.

The EXECUTE statement sends dynamic non-query, DBMS-specific SQL statements to the DBMS and processes those statements. In some SAS/ACCESS interfaces, you can issue an EXECUTE statement directly ...

Read this SQL tutorial to learn when to use SELECT, JOIN, subselects and UNION to access multiple tables with a single statement.

SQL Server 2016 lets you treat JSON objects like rows in a table, allowing you to use data from AJAX queries in joins, updates and any other SQL statement you can think of.