PostgreSQL implementation of document-oriented NoSQL datastore adopted under permissive MIT license The Linux Foundation on ...

Databases using a command system separate from SQL are often collectively referred to as NoSQL database systems, sometimes said to stand for "not only SQL," and it can logically take a longer ...

Part 2 of CRN’s Big Data 100 takes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the database system space including Cockroach Labs, MongoDB, MariaDB and Redis Labs.

Relational database management systems (RDBMS) rely on an optimizer (or relational optimizer) that transforms SQL statements into executable code. Before any SQL statement can be run by the RDBMS, the ...

A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine's system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases.

MS Access is a milder version of the popular client/server database system SQL Server that is ideal for small businesses. However, if necessary, Access databases can be easily converted to SQL Server.

What are the advantages of using Access as the front end to a SQL Server database? For starters, it's likely that your client's users will be more familiar with it, and it's relatively easy to put ...

When you issue SQL against the database, the system catalog is either updated (for DDL) or accessed (for DML). All the information in the system catalog, however, may not completely up-to-date, and ...

In SQL Server 2000, we had a nifty little utility called rebuildm.exe which would rebuild the master database in emergency situations. This utility was removed in SQL Server 2005 and has not been ...

Part 4 of CRN’s Big Data 100 includes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the big data database system space.