SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and querying ...

Since that time, SQL has become the dominant language for relational database systems. In recent years, frameworks and architectures have arrived on the programming scene that attempt to hide (or ...

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FoundationDB has announced general availability for SQL Layer, a SQL database engine powered by the FoundationDB key-value store. The thinking is this, explained Dave Rosenthal, CEO of FoundationDB: ...

If you want to know what’s what in Big Data analytics today, you’ve got to know the basics of NoSQL databases, and how appropriate NoSQL databases facilitate Big Data analytics. What are the most ...

Databases are used in many different settings, for different purposes. For example, libraries use databases to keep track of which books are available and which are out on loan. Schools may use ...

CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database built on top of a transactional and consistent key-value store that can withstand datacenter failures Until very recently, when you shopped for a database you ...

In “ The end of SQL databases – part 1,” I covered some background of the SQL language and relational databases, the current status and future for relational databases, the rise of frameworks that ...