This became even easier in SQL Server 2005 with the advent of the XML data type and XQuery. You still need to construct and shred the XML data before you can use it; this is functional but not simple.

A few years ago, teams had to write SQL queries and code to extract useful information from large swathes of data. Today, all they have to do is type in a question. The underlying language model ...

Consult Table ... tables. Data manipulation language SQL (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, MERGE, DELETE) statements use the system catalog to ensure that the statements accurately reference existing database ...