MongoDB's SQL-to-NoSQL converter uses AI to smash the language barrier Tell it what you want to do, and it spits out the relevant code Databases27 Sep 2023 | 7
If you don't brush and floss, you're gonna get an abscess – same with MySQL updates Database hygiene matters, says Percona expert Databases11 May 2023 | 4
Microsoft adds silicon muscle into latest Azure SQL database configs Intel's 'Ice Lake' and AMD's 'Milan' chips bump up speeds and feeds Databases01 Dec 2022 |
Fivetran slammed for dropping SQL support. CEO: 'Blame me for this' Updated Ubiquitous database language support continued through third-party tool, users told Databases07 Oct 2022 | 11
Loads of PostgreSQL systems are sitting on the internet without SSL encryption They probably shouldn't be connected in the first place, says database expert Research07 Oct 2022 | 20
Cockroach Labs CTO: Google became too comfortable, I wasn't being challenged Interview Peter Mattis on starting a multibillion-dollar company as serverless database hits GA Databases29 Sep 2022 | 4
SQL Server admins warned about Fargo ransomware From a city in North Dakota with a crime problem to file-scrambling nasty Security26 Sep 2022 | 6
Teradata takes on cloud-native rivals with data lakes, MLOps Reworked use of object storage changes footing with competitors but will need to convince devs Databases30 Aug 2022 |
Python tops programming love list – but if you want a job, learn SQL Don't ask us how this is decided, it probably involved a lot of Perl Software24 Aug 2022 | 97
NoSQL player Aerospike links up with Starburst for SQL-based access to edge data 'We’re not necessarily replacing Snowflake' is an interesting choice of words Databases15 Jun 2022 |
Beware the fury of a database developer torn from tables and SQL Who, Me? Not so much process privilege rings, more circles of hell Databases23 May 2022 | 176
Finnish open-source-as-a-service startup Aiven adds $1bn to valuation Demand for PostgreSQL and Kafka driving interest in cloud service, CEO tells The Register Databases13 May 2022 | 3
MySQL a 'pretty poor database' says departing Oracle engineer Updated PostgreSQL a better option for open source RDBMS, he claims Databases06 Dec 2021 | 156
Yugabyte's double-decker DBaaS follows Cochroach in distributed RDBMS Hopes to lure users with promise of relieving operational burden Databases24 Sep 2021 | 10
Rockset hopes to lessen streaming analytics time-suck by having SQL transform live data Could help boost deployment times, says analyst Databases27 Aug 2021 | 1
El Reg talks to Azure Data veep as Microsoft flicks the switch on Azure Arc for SQL Managed Instances Interview Longevity, PostgreSQL, and 'the default relational database of choice' SaaS11 Aug 2021 | 10
HPE gobbles up Ampool to add SQL grunt to Ezmeral Acquisition will bring query processing for data sources Storage09 Jul 2021 |
10+ users can lead to washout: Data lakes struggle with SQL concurrency, says Gartner We're working on it, Spark backer Databricks declares Storage24 May 2021 | 7
Xpand your horizons: MariaDB launches distributed query engine into proprietary DBaaS But beware lock-in-as-a-service, consultant warns Databases07 May 2021 |
Aerospike adds set indexing and SQL expressions to make the distributed NoSQL database more ML-friendly New Spark 3.0 connector will appeal to users too, analyst says Databases05 May 2021 |
SQL now a dirty word for Oracle, at least in cloudy data warehouses Python still welcome, though SaaS18 Mar 2021 | 33
MariaDB courts Microsoft Power BI users with a taste of its query adapter Could this be another sign of more openness from Redmond? Software16 Dec 2020 |
Buggy behavior bites .NET SqlClient for unlucky Linux users .NET devs have been struggling to deal with errors affecting non-Windows SqlClients under heavy load Software11 Dec 2020 | 9
Suits you serverless! Google offers SQL database porting service tailor-made for its cloud Just don't call it a migration SaaS13 Nov 2020 | 5
Databricks: Ugh, just look at that messy data lake environment. Squints. You know... we could sort that out with a sweet shot of SQL Data-wrangler previews another lakehouse concept tool Databases13 Nov 2020 |
Join us in the cloud, breathes Microsoft as it gifts Azure SQL Managed Instance customers a surprise horsepower boost Ignite And if you don't like it, managed instances maybe aren't for you SaaS24 Sep 2020 |
Have I Been Pwned breach report email pwned entire firm's helldesk ticket system That's one way of making people check for updates Security04 Jun 2020 | 77
Chicago: Why I just grin like a dork... It's my kind of Bork Bork!Bork!Bork! Even the bus shelters of the windy city cannot escape the borkage Bootnotes22 May 2020 | 46
The Register calls for aid, and Microsoft's Rohan Kumar will answer... our questions about SQL Edge and Azure Synapse Build Slimming down SQL and living on the Edge Software21 May 2020 | 4
DB or not DB: Open-sourcer Percona pushes out plethora of SQL and NoSQL tweaks in bid to win over suits Hopes to lure business types to shiny platform Databases19 May 2020 |
Let's slip into something a bit more relational: SQL database crowd strikes back with brace of cloudy releases And you thought this was purely a NoSQL release this week? Software14 May 2020 | 1
Cyberscum target Microsoft SQL Server boxen – and some careless sysadmins were reinfected after cleaning it out Two-year campaign observed by Guardicore Security01 Apr 2020 | 1
I'm the queen of Gibraltar and will never get a traffic ticket... just two of the things anyone could have written into country's laws thanks to unsanitised SQL input vuln Exclusive Run sqlmap, edit online statutes, gain immunity for life? Security07 Jan 2020 | 34
Microsoft slaps the Edge name on SQL, unveils the HoloLens 2 Development Edition Got $3,500 to spare? No? How about $99 a month instead? Devops02 May 2019 | 53
Typescript, PostgreSQL and Visual Studio Code all get slathered with a little Microsoft lovin' Roundup There's also another Windows 10 Insider build out Software28 Jan 2019 | 7
Microsoft hopes it has a sequel better than Godfather Part II: SQL Server 2019 previewed Ignite Hadoop? Spark? Teradata? Oh my! Software27 Sep 2018 | 19
Azure admins free to sync their teeth into database-spreader tool Harmonise with on-premises SQL for when, you know, the cloud falls out of the sky SaaS20 Jun 2018 | 4
You are not a beautiful and unique Snowflake which just picked up another hundred mill But the cloud data warehouse startup is bracing itself for IPO On-Prem08 May 2017 | 1
A spanner in the works: Google's cloud database hits beta, gets prices Ye canna' hand a man a grander (Cloud) Spanner Databases15 Feb 2017 | 14
London-based Yahoo! hacker gets 11 years for SQLi mischief He'll only serve two years, though Legal23 Sep 2016 | 22
Bad news: MySQL can dish out root access to cunning miscreants Updated Good news: Oracle sneaked some patches out Security13 Sep 2016 | 30
Life imitates satire: Facebook touts zlib killer just like Silicon Valley's Pied Piper New compression library and MySQL fork open-sourced Software31 Aug 2016 | 20
A bad day for DBAs: MIT boffins are replacing you with a mere spreadsheet Or at least a database so simple it looks and behaves like a spreadsheet Databases12 Jul 2016 | 32
Oracle gives apps a ticket to ride on Sparc M7's SQL warp drives Database giant opens up APIs to analytics hardware accelerators Software08 Mar 2016 | 4
Microsoft has made SQL Server for Linux. Repeat, Microsoft has made SQL Server 2016 for Linux Embrace, extend ... DROP? OSes07 Mar 2016 | 182
This is why copy'n'paste should be banned from developers' IDEs Line Break More mind-boggling code unfortunately encountered in the wild Software10 Feb 2016 | 118
Scary RAM-gobbling bug in SQL Server 2014 exposed by Visual Studio online outage Query-size predictor ran amok, grabbed nearly 4GB per login Software09 Feb 2016 | 46
Say oops, UPSERT your head: PostgreSQL version 9.5 has landed Row-level security, web app data integrity lead the list Software07 Jan 2016 | 9
Google tries to spread the SQL cloud love Here's some cash. Please come and use our beta Channel11 Dec 2015 | 8
Reg Winter Lecture: Former Iraq hostage talks survival and tech Reg Events That SQL background may be more useful than you think... Software05 Nov 2015 | 3
So how does an SQL background help you survive 2.5 years as a hostage? Reg events Peter Moore delivers final Reg lecture of 2015 Legal13 Oct 2015 | 7
Disk boxes, security tools, etc: What Amazon announced at its AWS shindig on Wednesday Bezos's gang keeps the cloudy mob happy with new shininess Databases08 Oct 2015 | 4
Using SQL techniques in NoSQL is OK, right? WRONG Don't try and cut corners, or you'll end up in a twisty, tangly mess Databases25 Aug 2015 | 43
Ex-Microsoft chief rolls elastic-SQL challenge to Amazon Redshift Snowflake's Muglia hopes to storm the cloud Channel24 Jun 2015 | 9
Old, forgotten, lonely? SQL Server 2016 will sling you into Azure Ignite 2015 Microsoft on the verge of hybrid cloud, plus encryption, JSON and more SaaS04 May 2015 | 9
Thank heavens for the silicon chip: A BRIEF history of data Data Pair – Part 1 You have a pair of bones in Africa to thank for Larry Ellison On-Prem21 Apr 2015 | 34
Out with the old: the end of Microsoft support can be your storage opportunity In with the new Software11 Mar 2015 | 4
Fruit of the Loom: Teradata ladles out free bowls of Hadoop data soup-strainer Data about data on latest heffalump offering Software09 Oct 2014 |
Is your data boring? MapR wants you to bore it back with Apache Drill New release adds support for Google-y SQL-on-Hadoop tech On-Prem16 Sep 2014 |
Oracle Database 12c's data redaction security smashed live on stage Defcon 22 Microsoft should school Ellison on safeguarding privates, says infosec bod Security08 Aug 2014 | 38
Oracle: You wanted SQL on Hadoop? How about SQL on Hadoop and SQL ON NOSQL? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? Databases15 Jul 2014 | 6
SQL fights back against NoSQL's big data cred with SQL/MDA spec The empire strikes back with multi-dimensional arrays Software26 Jun 2014 | 13