In an earlier column, I showed how to use the new SQL Server JSON support to return JSON objects directly ... Name.Last') Because SQL Server doesn’t have a Boolean data type, I must test the IsPremium ...

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale. One of the most fundamental choices to make when developing ...

Not bad for a data ... types (like interfaces) help structure large-scale programs. In SQL stores, a schema provides a similar structure. If you need more structure in your JSON documents, you can ...

JSON data is stored as plain text and isn't considered a special type, such as XML and Spatial. However, this just enables you to use JSON columns in any SQL Server objects right away. The same can't ...