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New Metadata-Only Column Changes in SQL Server 2016

SQL Performance

Depending on the type of change and the configuration of the database, an ALTER COLUMN command will need to perform one of the following actions: Change metadata in system tables only. Improvements in SQL Server 2016. The subject of this post is the additional changes that are enabled for metadata-only from SQL Server 2016 onward.

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RSA Guide 2023: Cloud application security remains core challenge for organizations

Dynatrace

As digital transformation escalates, vulnerabilities are increasing as well, by more than 290% since 2016. Meanwhile, traditional databases have demonstrated limitations in increasingly complex and distributed cloud-native environments. As organizations develop new applications, vulnerabilities will continue to emerge.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud: Introducing the AWS US East (Ohio) Region

All Things Distributed

In the remainder of 2016 and inq 2017, we will launch another four AWS regions in Canada, China, the United Kingdom, and France, adding another nine AZs to our global infrastructure footprint. It brings the worldwide total of AWS Availability Zones (AZs) to 38, and the number of regions globally to 14. The Ohio Region is no different.

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MariaDB vs MySQL: Key Differences and Use Cases

Percona

Before we dive into the differences between MariaDB and MySQL, we will provide a thorough examination of each relational database management system (RDBMS). While originally designed to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL, it evolved into its own distinct database management system and is now maintained and supported by the MariaDB Foundation.

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Bucketizing date and time data

SQL Performance

Bucketizing date and time data involves organizing data in groups representing fixed intervals of time for analytical purposes. Another is using a custom calculation that emulates the DATE_BUCKET function, which you can use in any version, edition, and flavor of SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. DATE_BUCKET. 2017 343 495118.14

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How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet

Smashing Magazine

The Green Web Foundation maintains an ever-growing database of web hosts who are either wholly powered by renewable energy or are at least committed to being carbon neutral. In 2016, O’Reilly published “ Designing For Sustainability ” by Tim Frick. Many efforts are afoot to improve the situation on the web.

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Using JSONB in PostgreSQL: How to Effectively Store & Index JSON Data in PostgreSQL

Scalegrid

Why should a relational database even care about unstructured data? If you store each of the keys as columns, it will result in frequent DML operations – this can be difficult when your data set is large - for example, event tracking, analytics, tags, etc. JSON database in 9.2 JSONB Patterns & Antipatterns. Learn more.

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