Azure's managed PostgreSQL differs from competitors by putting the standby in the commit path—every write waits for synchronous replication to a second server…

PostgreSQL 19 adds GRAPH_TABLE, letting you query property graphs with Cypher-like pattern matching over your existing relational tables.

As MySQL HeatWave environments continue to grow, many organizations prioritize scaling compute and storage resources while overlooking a critical area: database housekeeping. Inadequate...

Discord has detailed how it rebuilt its database operations around a new internal orchestration framework called the Scylla Control Plane (SCP), enabling its small infrastructure team to automate...

DBmaestro has launched an MCP server that connects AI agents and enterprise copilots to its database DevOps platform, allowing teams to issue natural language commands that trigger real, governed...

Best practices for MySQL customers and users in an AI-accelerated security landscape: A practical guide to hardening MySQL and the environment around it Oracle recently described how AI is...

Lakehouse architectures enable multiple engines to operate on shared data using open table formats such as Apache Iceberg. However, differences in SQL identifier resolution and catalog naming...

The article discusses the challenges faced during a migration from a relational database to NoSQL, focusing on the importance of database sequences for unique identifiers. It outlines the...

This guide explains how to subtract days from dates across MySQL, H2, and other databases with different SQL dialects. Learn how to standardize behavior using compatibility modes, wrapper...

A client accidentally ran rm -rf /*, wiping out the entire OS and database. After disk recovery experts salvaged the data files, PDU adapted to this domestic PostgreSQL variant and completed full...

In part 4 of our series on the OCI Hackathon Starter Kit, we saw how to connect to the deployed MySQL HeatWave instance from our clients (MySQL Shell, MySQL Shell for VS Code, and Cloud Shell). In...

Let’s now see how we can connect to our MySQL HeatWave DB System, which was deployed with the OCI Hackathon Starter Kit in part 1. We have multiple possibilities to connect to the DB System, and...

The bustling city of Atlanta served as the backdrop for KubeCon from November 10-13, where more than 9,000 attendees gathered to explore the latest innovations in cloud-native computing. Among the...

Announcing MySQL HeatWave Migration Assistant — the newest way to move MySQL workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with ease! Migrating critical databases to the cloud is often viewed as...

Executive Summary AI applications rely on vector embeddings to power search and recommendations, but these data-rich vectors introduce new security and privacy risks. This blog explains the main...

I'm designing an application that is going to receive tens to hundreds of thousands of requests. Users submit requests on behalf of Customers (which are singular persons). Each request will...

Where I work, they have never implemented web APIs. At my previous job, which I left 11 years ago, I would write several web APIs to be used for applications, reports, etc. So when I came to this...

Learn how to safeguard your MySQL database with simple, reliable backup and restore techniques! This final post in the beginner series uses fun library analogies and clear MySQL Shell examples to...

Keep your MySQL database protected with beginner-friendly advice on user management and security! Learn how to create users, grant and revoke privileges, and safeguard your data using...