Databases play a pivotal role in enterprise computing, yet the variety of formats and the growth of data and its complexity make extracting value from them tricky. JavaScript Object Notation, or JSON, ...

Long synonymous with relational databases, Oracle wants to tell developers that it's not only for SQL programmers or priced just for enterprises. And so, it's announcing a new JSON-only document ...

SQL Server's OpenJson function will let you dismantle JSON structures into relational tables, including tables with foreign/primary key relationships. As I noted in an earlier column, JSON is great ...

Relational databases, once the epitome of data management technology, are becoming increasingly archaic as single servers lack the nuance to support the large quantities of data generated by modern ...

While relational databases rely on rigid structures, document databases are much more natural to work with and can be used for a variety of use cases across industries. A document database (also known ...

A database that maintains a set of separate, related files (tables), but combines data elements from the files for queries and reports when required. The concept was developed in 1970 by Edgar Codd, ...

Oracle is also making its APEX low-code database development tools available as a managed cloud service to help programmers and partners build data-driven applications faster. After a nearly two-year ...

Chances are you have heard of JSON, but like most people, you may not know what it means. Well, it stands for JavaScript Object Notation. The cool thing about JSON is that it is both human and machine ...