Structured Query Language (SQL) is the language used for relational databases. Many database platforms use SQL, but they each have some variations in syntax. Microsoft SQL and MySQL are two of the ...

Two popular open source databases, MySQL and PostgreSQL, are often the final two candidates when admins are preparing a new rollout. This high-level overview of these two open source powerhouses ...

While I am a general Linux admin, I have never administered or used PostgreSQL, although I do admin a few MySQL instances. I have just been told that a system currently hosted on SQL Server 2008 R2 is ...

Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to startup IPOs to open-source and cloud software companies. He is CEO and founder of Nodeable, ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...

Don't be afraid of using your chosen database's command-line client. I might as well say this up front: I don't like using GUI (aka non-command-line or graphical) tools with my databases. This is ...

Or "still picking on Roger" - specifically this part of the comment quoted yesterday: There are many free databases to choose from: Firebird, Ingres, Postgres, and MySQL to name (most of) them. Most ...

I guess it makes sense, in a way. I don't see many shops signing up to admin Windows servers just to run SQL Server; if you're using SQL Server you were probably already a Windows shop to some degree.