While LLMs (Large Language Models) are revolutionizing the entire industry, one of their major influences is lowering the technical bar to perform data analysis. For instance, one only needs to ...

Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to improve the performance of a query." Optimizing SQL Server ...

A comprehensive implementation of Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) using Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) to optimize a Large Language Model for Text-to-SQL generation. This project adapts Google's ...

The riders in the Tour de France are probably the most monitored athletes in the world. In preparation for the race, every ounce of food a rider consumes is specially formulated to give him maximum ...

As any database admin knows, mastering the subtler nuances of SQL can be likened to the black arts. For me, tuning the efficiency of SQL queries on large, heavily used databases is a perfect example.

Embarcadero, a provider of multi-platform database tools, is adding more graphical capabilities to DB Optimizer to make it easier for developers and DBAs to do SQL profiling and tuning. DB Optimizer, ...

Spatial Cartridge provides sample SQL script files to show how to use dynamic SQL in a PL/SQL block to create layer tables for spatially indexed data or to administer and manipulate all the partitions ...

SQL (Structured Query Language) is a fundamental skill for anyone working in data management, whether you're a database administrator, data analyst, or software developer. For professionals looking to ...