Microsoft Research Podcast

073 - Froid and the relational database query quandry with Dr. Karthik Ramachandra

In the world of relational databases, structured query language, or SQL, has long been King of the Queries, primarily because of its ubiquity and unparalleled performance. But many users prefer a mix of imperative programming, along with declarative SQL, because its user-defined functions (or UDFs) allow for good software engineering practices like…