Relational database management systems (RDBMS) rely on an optimizer (or relational optimizer) that transforms SQL statements into executable code. Before any SQL statement can be run by the RDBMS, the ...

The SQL RDBMS features a client-server architecture, active queries, and a trigger language that allows “business logic” to be embedded in the database. “The need for full-featured relational database ...

Part 2 of CRN’s Big Data 100 includes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the big data database system space. Left On Base The total amount of data created and replicated ...

For technical clarification, databases come in two flavors: relational and non-relational. Relational (SQL) databases store data in tables with strictly-defined relationships between tables.

A relational database management system, or RDBMS, is any program that's used to create and use a relational database. Most RBDMSs use Structured Query Language, or SQL, a programming language ...

The next-generation edition of Microsoft's flagship relational database system, SQL Server 2017, took a step closer to general availability with this week's launch of the first Release Candidate ...

Overview SQL still leads, but newer query languages are rising fast in usage and demandGraph-based tools like Cypher and GQL are vital for modern, connected dat ...

While some startups are finding ways to expand the capabilities of SQL/relational database technologies, such as running transactional analytical applications within the same system, others are ...

Databases using a command system separate from SQL are often collectively referred to as NoSQL database systems, sometimes said to stand for "not only SQL," and it can logically take a longer ...

The minor is a cohesive set of courses that elevates students from a foundational level to advanced knowledge of database systems and the database development process. Students learn the basics of ...