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

While data warehouses and cloud-native architectures have grown rapidly, business users are still finding it difficult to reach enterprise data. Even as dashboards and query tools become easier to use ...

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Here’s an image for you. There is no such thing as a data lake. The multi-petabyte storage racks nearly overflowing with unstructured and semi-structured data that are being built by hyperscalers, ...

Hortonworks says the latest version of its Hadoop platform will allow users to extract information from petabyte-scale datasets far more rapidly and simply. Hortonworks Data Platform 2.2, due for ...

So much of modern programming is about string manipulation. Whether it’s parsing XML content, building HTML for the browser or trying to understand what the user just typed into that text entry field, ...

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or ...

SQL is a convenient way to manage and query your data, but badly written queries can tie up your database. Here are seven common SQL traps and how to avoid them. Database developers have it tough.