The query optimizer is a crucial component in a relational database system and is responsible for finding a good execution plan for a SQL query. For cloud database service providers, the importance of ...

Since Github doesn't provide a great way for you to learn about new releases and features, don't just star the repo, join the mailing list. dsq will likely work on other platforms that Go is ported to ...

ANALYSIS When Microsoft rolled out an open source extension stack for PostgreSQL to handle document-style data, it wasn't just taking aim at MongoDB – the dominant NoSQL player – but also blurring the ...

1 Faculty of Science, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada. 2 Faculty of Business and IT, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada. 3 Legion Development Group, Oshawa, Canada. This study presents a ...

Many SQL users have expressed frustration with the SQL query syntax for SELECT. They argue that beginning with the FROM clause and ending with the SELECT clause would be more intuitive. This sequence ...

From performance to programmability, the right database makes all the difference. Here are 13 key questions to guide your selection. Picking the “right” database can often be critical to the success ...

pre-commit is a nice development tool to automatize the binding of pre-commit hooks. After installation and configuration pre-commit will run your hooks before you commit any change. CREATE OR REPLACE ...

A Common Table Expression, often referred to as a CTE, is a temporary named result set that you can reference within a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement. It allows you to define a subquery ...

In part 1 of my SQL Server 2022 features series, you learned about the improvements to the cardinality estimator component of query optimization. In this installment, you will learn about another ...