The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.

More details can be found in our NDSS 2026 paper. Efficiently Detecting DBMS Bugs through Bottom-up Syntax-based SQL Generation @inproceedings{liang:sqlbull, title = {{Efficiently Detecting DBMS Bugs ...

Abstract: Differential testing is a prevalent strategy for establishing test oracles in automated DBMS testing. However, meticulously selecting equivalent DBMSs with diverse implementations and ...

In today’s digital world, data is everything. From tracking customer details to managing employee records or processing online transactions, businesses run on data. Managing this massive amount of ...

Like a shot to your dome piece, I'm back to hit you with my annual roundup of what happened in the rumble-tumble game of databases. Yes, I used to write this article on the OtterTune blog, but the ...

DuckDB is a high-performance analytical database system designed to excel in various data-intensive tasks. Focused on its speed, reliability, portability, and user-friendliness, DuckDB offers a robust ...

Open source PostgreSQL was today named database management system of the year by popular ranking site DB-Engines. The award follows a surge in popularity for the relational system, which was first ...

CREATE DOMAIN varchar2 AS text; -- should be removed, if you use Orafce CREATE FUNCTION dbms_sql.is_open(c int) RETURNS bool AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'dbms_sql_is_open' LANGUAGE c; CREATE FUNCTION ...