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SQL Server DDL for metadata tables should use NVARCHAR to prevent performance degradation and deadlocks from implicit conversion

I'm reporting a significant performance issue and a potential for deadlocks when using Spring Batch with a SQL Server database. The root cause is a data type mismatch between the default Spring Batch ...
Houston Chronicle

Integer to Character Conversion in SQL

SQL is a widely-used programming language for computer databases in business. Frequently, software developers need to combine different kinds of data, such as integer and character fields, into a ...
cweb

Why Convert Your MS Access Database to SQL: Top 5 Benefits for Your Business

In the modern business landscape, the ability to efficiently manage and utilize data is critical to success. As businesses grow, so does the complexity of their data management needs. While Microsoft ...
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Regression in EF Core 7? Nullable DateTime to Non-nullable DateTime conversion bug when using SqlServer type DateTime instead of DateTime2

Given the code below, EF Core 7 seems to be generating invalid SQL when compared to EF Core 6 This seems to only happen when specifying that the database type for the field is 'datetime' instead of ...
EDN

ATERAS® Announces Successful Conversion of Natural Adabas to C# SQL Server for Florida State Agency Eliminating SAG License Fees

ATERAS leveraged the efficiencies of its automated tool suite to assess and convert several mission critical Natural Adabas and DB2 applications to new C# SQL Server Windows-based applications. The C# ...
Jimmy Bogard

Troubleshooting SQL index performance on varchar columns

18 July, 2012. It was a Wednesday. Doing a deployment last night, I ran into an issue around indexing performance around SQL columns of type varchar. Varchar is the ANSI version of character data – ...