Query SQL tables for instances of XML Data (SQL Server) values Apply the TYPE Directive in FOR XML Queries to return the result of queries that contain text or image typed data as XML ...

Explore how Power Query XML functions handle null or missing values and inconsistent schema inference, a common problem causing confusion among users.

Dino Esposito explains JSON-to-rowset native support in SQL Server 2016 and provides a realistic perspective of data query when you have JSON data stored in the database.

How to Create a Table From Query Results in Microsoft SQL. If your business uses relational databases to store data, you may have used a SQL SELECT clause to create new tables from query results.

Since XML is now a full-fledged datatype in SQL Server, you can easily create a new table that contains a field having XML in it, using the SQL Server Management Studio (formerly, Enterprise Manager).

M allows you to refer to individual values in tables by a system of co-ordinates using the name of the column and the zero-based row number (tables in Power Query are always assumed to be sorted, ...

While temporal data support is something that has existed in the past within other database platforms, it is a newly available feature with the RTM version of SQL Server 2016. In case you haven't ...