Here is a list of common wait types and techniques that every DBA (or wannabe DBA) should know. While there are many more wait types than listed here, understanding these will give you a leg up when ...

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale.

Shelley Doll finishes her coverage of SQL data types with an overview of datetime and interval data types. Learn more about the basic syntax of these standard SQL types.

SQL history Before there was SQL, databases had tight, navigational programming interfaces, and typically were designed around a network schema called the CODASYL data model.

Historians. Production data, such as production runs, recipes, shifts, products, schedules, etc., are typically stored in relational SQL databases. Process data, however, is typically stored in a time ...

You can store the data files in different disks. This will also help to backup and restore the information faster because you do not need to restore the entire database but only the files or the ...

Cloud data platform Snowflake has announced its intent to acquire Crunchy Data, a Postgres database partner.

Microsoft today announced the general availability of the open source Data API builder (DAB), which provides REST and GraphQL endpoints for Azure databases, some three years in the making.

How to Encrypt Credit Card Information in an SQL Database. Credit card information in your business's database is much more secure if you encrypt it. If you store this information as plain text ...