SQL remains the foundation for turning raw records into reports and business insights across industriesCore queries like ...

The structured query language is a powerful tool for connecting to many database systems that store data in tables organized into rows and columns. It's often used on the backend of business websites ...

Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to the ...

Poke around the infrastructure of any startup website or mobile app these days, and you’re bound to find something other than a relational database doing much of the heavy lifting. Take, for example, ...

Microsoft announced two new Azure database services today at its annual Build conference in Seattle, Wash.. The new services, named Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL, both run ...

This article is also available as a PDF download. Arranging data in a manner that’s meaningful can be a challenge. Sometimes all you need is a simple sort. Often, you need more–you need groups you can ...

SQL has dominated data querying for decades. Newer query languages offer more elegance, simplicity, and flexibility for modern use cases. For the last three decades, databases and Structured Query ...