I'm a big fan of MySQL. The community edition of the MySQL server, as the open-source database is formally known, is a popular choice for both development and deployment because it checks all the ...

My goal was simple: instead of only writing queries in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), I wanted to bring data into Python so I could start doing analysis, cleaning, and exploration in pandas.

In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log File System hardening with signature verification. The team at Readiness each ...

Today is Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday with security updates for 79 flaws, including 2 publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday also addresses three "Critical" ...

In the course of working with databases such as Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server, I stumbled on something that initially felt counter-intuitive. A query I executed through Python seemed to run faster ...

On January 14, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the January Security Update patch, which fixed 112 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft Office, ...

Microsoft is integrating AI features directly into SQL Server for the first time. The new version also brings JSON support and changes the licensing model. Microsoft announced the general availability ...

Microsoft has made SQL Server 2025 generally available. The latest version of the database focuses on built-in AI functionality and developer improvements. In addition, the release offers improved ...

mssql-python is a Python driver for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family of databases. It leverages Direct Database Connectivity (DDBC) that enables direct connections to SQL Server without ...

Microsoft is previewing its new mssql-python driver, claiming that it is significantly faster and better than the industry-standard pyodbc. pyodbc is pretty much the industry-standard driver for ...

Today is Microsoft's July 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 137 flaws, including one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server. This Patch Tuesday also ...