It wasn't long ago that to build a serious web application with ease meant laying out serious cash for a Cold Fusion license, a proprietary database like Sybase, and a Sun server. Fortunately, those ...

Don't be afraid of using your chosen database's command-line client. I might as well say this up front: I don't like using GUI (aka non-command-line or graphical) tools with my databases. This is ...

First, let me say I was unsure what category to use for this topic. Prog. Symp. seemed close too, but I wasn't sure. If I've posted to the wrong forum, I apologize.<br><br>Right now I'm using phpBB as ...

PostgreSQL continues to improve in ways that meet the needs of even the most complex, mission-critical use cases. It also presents certain challenges. The database market continues to be splintered ...

PostgreSQL is a big deal. The most common SQL open source database that you have never heard of, as ZDNet's own Tony Baer called it. Besides being the framework on which a number of commercial ...

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Replication is one of the most popular features used in RDBMS’s today. Replication is used for disaster recovery purposes (i.e. backup or warm stand-by servers), reporting systems where query activity ...