But most standards do not read that way because they are not easy to impose without arbitrary numbers and restrictions embedded within them. Let’s quickly take a look at another bad database standard.

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) has become the de facto standard for lightweight data exchange across applications, especially within modern web-based platforms. For Oracle APEX developers, JSON ...

In late 2016, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure SQL Database In-Memory technologies. In-Memory processing is only available in Azure Premium database tiers and provides performance ...

SQL Server 2022 takes that ability a few steps further. Last year, I wrote a column on the introduction of query store hints into Azure SQL Database.

A database administrator at a small telecommunications service remarked, “SQL Diagnostic Manager for MySQL provides improved visibility into the overall health and performance of our database ...