Now we’ll look at the basic types of database queries that are focused on manipulating data within a database. For our purposes, all examples are in standard SQL, and these basic functions ...

Sean McCown is a Certified Master in SQL Server and a SQL Server MVP with 20 years of experience in databases.

Explore advanced database interactions SaveToDB doesn’t support basic database features, and call it a day. It’s feature-packed, where you can execute custom SQL statements directly within Excel.

Assuring optimal performance of database applications starts with coding properly formulated SQL. Poorly written SQL and application code is the cause of most performance problems. As much as 75% of ...

This article on SQL and NoSQL comparison will throw light on the debate on advantages and limitations on each. SQL database is a relational database. The basic quality of NoSQL is that it may not ...

An open source project gives DBAs the ability to channel PowerShell for automating and scaling complex SQL Server tasks, starting with the most basic: database backups.

The basic premise of this hack is that the hacker has created a simple SQL statement which will hopefully cause the database to delete any record of his license plate. Or so he (she?) hopes.

Let’s go over the top advantages of using Excel as a database. Most computers already have Excel installed as part of the ...

Graph databases facilitate discovery and analysis closely connected facts. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics.

I always look forward to new research from Unisphere Research, a division of Information Today, Inc., publishers of this magazine and other great products for data professionals. The latest report ...