️ PostgreSQL + pgvector and SQL Server 2025 as Vector Stores for RAG — A Practitioner’s Guide

A complete setup walkthrough with real code, real gotchas, and honest trade-offs on when SQL-based vector storage wins - and when it doesn’t 🗺️ The Vector Database Landscape in 2025 The options for storing and searching embeddings have never been richer. You can choose from purpose-built vector databases like Pinecone, Qdrant, and Weaviate. You can use platform-native solutions like Databricks Vector Search or Snowflake’s native vector. Or you can reach for the relational databases you already run - PostgreSQL with pgvector, or SQL Server 2025 with its new native VECTOR type.