To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...

Abstract: Organisations are flooded with enormous amounts of data from many sources in the big data era. Effective query processing strategies are crucial for deriving significant insights and guiding ...

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A lightweight, fast SQL query processor written in C that enables executing SQL queries directly on CSV files without requiring a database. For full documentation, see the /doc directory.

The new managed functions will let enterprises apply LLM reasoning to structured and unstructured data directly in SQL, eliminating prompt tuning and external tools. Google has boosted its BigQuery ...

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Earlier this month, when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued penalties against Google for monopolizing the search engine market, he stopped short of the harshest ones — like forcing the breakup of ...

Abstract: Query-based pricing enables personalized data acquisition for data buyers, exhibiting potential in data markets. The state-of-the-art SQL query pricing strategy tackles the #P-hard arbitrage ...

Have you ever spent hours wrestling with messy spreadsheets, trying to clean up data that just won’t cooperate? Or maybe you’ve found yourself manually merging files, painstakingly copying and pasting ...

Security researchers say Chinese authorities are using a new type of malware to extract data from seized phones, allowing them to obtain text messages — including from chat apps such as Signal — ...

Microsoft Excel for Windows is getting a streamlined upgrade for anyone working with external data. If you regularly use Power Query, there’s a brand-new “Get Data” experience rolling out that aims to ...