A relational database is a type of database that organizes data points with defined relationships for easy access. In the relational database model, the data structures-- data tables, indexes and ...

A database that is managed by an object-oriented database management system (ODBMS). Object databases are closely aligned with a particular object-oriented programming language and enable the data in ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is an object-oriented Database? An object oriented database manages objects ...

Just about anyone who creates a serious web site will eventually want to connect it to a relational database. Relational database systems might be 30-year-old technology, but they're flexible, safe ...

The need to persist data created at runtime is as old as computing. And the need to store object-oriented data cropped up when object-oriented programming became pervasive. Currently, most modern, ...

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, ...