It's not unusual for database developers who move from Microsoft-based .NET platforms into the world of Java development to wonder, 'What's the difference between ODBC and JDBC?' It's a good question.

Today I'm going to blog about persisting hierarchies (tree-like structures) in relational databases. Actually not persisting, but more retrieving -- as you most probably know hierarchies are ...

For years now there's been a constant war between Microsoft supporters and Oracle supporters. Oracle has these features, SQL Server has these features, etc. But that's not really where the real ...

Before it sued Google for copying from Java, Oracle got rich copying IBM’s SQL Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its stance on API copyrights.

Java developers -- so, most software developers -- need to know Java security issues. Make sure your app properly validates, and don't only rely on SecurityManager.