Databases store sets of data about products, customers, orders and other facets of business operations for use in transaction processing or BI and analytics applications. A database management system ...

The relational landscape continues to be dominated by Oracle, IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server. If you're looking to acquire a new RDBMS, it makes sense to begin by reviewing these three ...

A relational DBMS organizes and accesses data according to relationships among data items. The relationships among data items are expressed by tables consisting of columns and rows. The order of the ...

MariaDB plc today said it will make its Xpand distributed database management system available to PostgreSQL users in addition to its own customer base. “Our vision is to take databases to new heights ...

The SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility is an extension of the SQL procedure that enables you to send DBMS-specific statements to a DBMS and to retrieve DBMS data. You specify DBMS SQL syntax instead ...

From the world’s largest cloud computing companies like AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure to visionaries like Databricks, Snowflake and Teradata—Gartner ranks the top cloud database management ...

In this issue's column I'll be providing a fundamental introduction to database and database management concepts. Many of you may think that they understand the basic concepts and fundamentals of ...

Data isn't just oil anymore; it’s the oxygen your enterprise breathes. In 2026, the volume of data flowing through the average mid-to-large enterprise isn't just massive—it’s complex, messy, and ...

If you are a SQL programmer, learning recursive SQL techniques can be a boon to your productivity. A recursive query is one that refers to itself. I think the best way to quickly grasp the concept of ...