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 ...

Is SQL a legitimate programming language? Your email has been sent Developers often dispute the merits of SQL as a legitimate programming language, but this misses the point. SQL is a powerful 4GL for ...

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Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source. The company once considered open source software to be an anathema, but now it’s common for Microsoft to pull software ...

Microsoft Corp. today is introducing updates across its database portfolio as part of general availability announcements for Azure DocumentDB and SQL Server 2025.

Database admins strive to ensure that large chunks of data are both accessible and stored with integrity. By using these programming languages, they can keep systems optimized. As data volumes ...

Maybe it's not the sexiest programming language, but SQL continues to be relevant. In fact, TIOBE Software, which publishes a TIOBE Programming Community Index gauging the popularity of programming ...

What does it mean for a NoSQL database to offer a SQL query language? Ask the folks at Couchbase, because they announced just such a facility at their Couchbase Connect event yesterday in Santa Clara, ...