Data blog

I would like to write shortly about table partitioning in relational databases. Table partitioning is basically dividing your data in a table into horizontal chunks, that can be (depending on the...

John Ryan wrote an excellent post comparing different data architectures and their pros and cons. As it turns out there are four major options you can choose from, and you should...

I am delighted to announce that a new version of SelectCompare has been released. Version 1.2 contains a number of improvements and optimizations, and two of them are directly available...

The post illustrates the process of setup of the Oracle InstantClient with ODBC drivers, configuration of an ODBC data source and configuration of the SelectCompare Connection so you can use Oracle in your data comparison work.

The post covers installation process of the Docker for Windows client, a utility that allows to run and manage docker images on the local machine. Docker images can be used to facilitate component and regression testing and are very important tool in the hands of a developer.

If you haven't heard news about the detected low level vulnerabilities called Meltdown and Spectre, perhaps you are on a wrong planet.  Both vulnerabilities have been recently in the focus...

So it is January again and it is time for various trend reports and market share. Portal db-engines.com publishes, among other interesting content, periodic reports showing popularity of DBMS engines on...

Microsoft has published an update to the new tool in the portfolio, the SQL Operations Studio. The utility is implemented as a cross-system, universal tool that allows you to work with SQL...