Let's talk about database application benchmarking. This is a skill set which, in my opinion, is one of the major differentiators between a journeyman-level DBA and a true master of the trade. In this ...

Blockchain is a decentralized, digital database that stores transactions and other forms of data. Key blockchain features include immutable records, distributed ledger security, and smart contracts.

Get an overview of JDBC's architecture, then learn how to connect to a database and handle SQL queries and responses with PreparedStatements, transactions, connection pooling, and more.

Think of transaction isolation levels as a knob you can twist to tune your database to the ideal balance between these opposing forces. How does the serializable isolation level work? If consistent ...

The introduction of increased transactional capability into non-relational databases makes sense-in the same way that providing SQL layers on top of Hadoop and many other non-relational stores makes ...