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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TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help with the ...

Stonebraker essentially abandoned Postgres in the mid-1990s. But instead of fading into obscurity, the codebase was salvaged ...

GitHub hosts a wide range of database repositories that support developers working with database systems, SQL tools, and modern data engineering workflows. These open source database tools help power ...

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SQL Server has supported VLDBs (very large databases) for some time now. Back in the SQL Server 2000 days, I recall hearing multi-terabyte databases were unusual but doable. Now, they are commonplace, ...

Even after 50 years, Structured Query Language, or SQL, remains the native tongue for those who speak data. It’s had impressive staying power since it was first coined the Structured Query English ...

DBeaver is a free, open-source, cross-platform SQL client and database administration tool. It is designed to support a wide variety of SQL and NoSQL databases, including MySQL and PostgreSQL. Its key ...

Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...