The programming language SQL hit 12th place in the TIOBE Programming Community Index, its lowest position since the rankings ...

Live! 360 talks about the "best and worst practices for indexing tables within your SQL Server 2000-2016 database." What is the absolute, No. 1, very worst thing any IT pro can do when it comes to ...

Scaling distributed SQL queries needs more performance and efficiency in the agentic AI era. It’s a challenge Cockroach is looking to solve.

Lingua franca of databases’ falls to its lowest ranking ever in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity.

Oracle9i includes numerous data structures to improve the speed of Oracle SQL queries. Taking advantage of the low cost of disk storage, Oracle9i includes many new indexing algorithms that ...

Reindexing tables is an important part of good database housekeeping, because it reorganizes the indexes and restores speedy access. Microsoft's SQL Server has a handy command that rebuilds all ...

Indexing is a critical part of database optimization. Indexing can dramatically increase query speed. However, DBAs still struggle with finding optimal indexes or optimal SQL plans. DBTA held a ...

For instance, if an index on columnA and columnB is created, a proposed new index on columnA will no longer be necessary so that Atlas won't create both indexes. However, if an index on columnA ...

Essentially, Rockset handles semi-structured data formats such as JSON, Parquet, XML, CSV, and TSV by indexing and storing them in a way that can support relational queries using SQL, as shown in ...

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks. While the embrace of big data, machine learning, and IoT by business enterprises everywhere may ...