In the beginning, there were files. Later there were navigational databases based on structured files. Then there were IMS and CODASYL, and around 40 years ago we had some of the first relational ...

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A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have a firm understanding of the SQL Server database engine's system databases. Tim Chapman discusses these system databases. A fundamental skill for DBAs is to have ...

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale. One of the most fundamental choices to make when developing an ...

In SQL Server 2000, we had a nifty little utility called rebuildm.exe which would rebuild the master database in emergency situations. This utility was removed in SQL Server 2005 and has not been seen ...

One of the major challenges for the IT companies today is how to manage large growing volumes of data and how to produce a quality driven software product ensuring optimal utilization of resources ...

Dheeraj Yadav exemplifies excellence in Oracle database administration with over 18 years of transformative experience across critical enterprise systems. His expertise spans both on-premises and AWS ...

The term “NoSQL” is widely acknowledged as an unfortunate and inaccurate tag for the non-relational databases that have emerged in the past five years. The databases that are associated with the NoSQL ...

Microsoft has announced general availability of SQL Server 2025, Fabric Databases, and Rebranded Azure DocumentDB at the ...