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 ...

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 ...

The information below serves as a brief primer to help you better understand the database terms you’ll most often encounter. Relational Databases. Relational databases became the database of choice ...

In a new book titled Next Generation Databases: NoSQL, NewSQL, and Big Data, Guy Harrison shares what every data professional needs to know about the future of databases in a world of NoSQL and big ...

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 “ 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 ...