As it turned out, however, the old RDBMS dog could learn new tricks. Relational databases figured out how to store complex types using the SQL:1999 object model.

Throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s “database” strictly meant “relational database.” SQL ruled.

It turns out Microsoft is doing it with a lot of help from its data services, primarily its flagship RDBMS, SQL Server, and many related services hosted in the Azure cloud. Rastogi, a Microsoft ...

Continuing the company's shift to openness and interoperability, Microsoft yesterday released an updated PHP driver for its flagship Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), SQL Server. The new ...