Before there was SQL, databases had tight, navigational programming interfaces, and typically were designed around a network schema called the CODASYL data model. CODASYL (Committee on Data ...

This book will help the experienced SQL programmer make his or her code sing in terms of efficiency of code and optimization of data retrieval. Peter Gulutzan and Trudy Pelzer do a wonderful job ...

SQL, which stands for Structured Query Language, was developed for communicating with databases. An injection attack occurs when malicious users “inject” unauthorized code into a program. A SQL ...

Immortalized by “Little Bobby Drop Tables” in XKCD 327, SQL injection (SQLi) was first discovered in 1998, yet continues to plague web applications across the internet. Even the OWASP Top Ten ...

DBAs must understand and participate in application design, not necessarily the actual coding though. Application design includes database concerns such as interfacing SQL with traditional programming ...

Instead, programmers call the black box to request data. SQL statements become calls-and every programmer knows how to code a call, right? This approach is commonly referred to as a "black box" ...

It provides sqlcmd and bcp utilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users and works with SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012 (formerly code-named "Denali"). The new driver can be downloaded here. A ...

In a move that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, Microsoft Corp. will port its Windows Server containers and SQL Server 2017 database management system to Red Hat Inc. Linux-based ...

Microsoft officials are showcasing some of the new fruits of its partnership with Red Hat at this week's Red Hat Summit in San Francisco. On Thursday, Microsoft execs will demonstrate SQL Server ...

Now Microsoft is beginning a private preview of its SQL Server 2016 database software on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution. This follows Microsoft’s attention-grabbing ...