Databricks: 'PDF parsing for agentic AI is still unsolved' — new tool replaces multi-service pipelines with single function

The company this week detailed its "ai_parse_document" technology, now integrated with Databricks' Agent Bricks platform. The ...
InfoWorld

Databricks fires back at Snowflake with SQL-based AI document parsing

The new capability supports tables, figures, and diagrams with spatial metadata, making documents searchable and actionable in AI workflows.
Visual Studio Magazine

4 New T-SQL Functions

SQL Server 2012 was released last April, making it the 11th major release of the product. Every new version has delivered new functionality that should excite developers, and this release is no ...
InfoWorld

Google BigQuery gets managed AI functions to simplify unstructured data analysis

The new managed functions will let enterprises apply LLM reasoning to structured and unstructured data directly in SQL, ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Straighten Out Your Strings

The most common type of data to manipulate in most applications is textual data, which developers usually store in strings. String handling has always been a strong point for the Basic family of ...
dbta

Working with JSON in Oracle APEX: Best Practices and Performance Optimization

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) has become the de facto standard for lightweight data exchange across applications, especially within modern web-based platforms. For Oracle APEX developers, JSON ...