While database testing is, in many ways, similar to other traditional application testing procedures, teams must confirm that they perform database tests frequently and thoroughly throughout the ...

Database reliability extends beyond the ACID tests that most software professionals know. Database testing is divided into functional testing, ACID validation and performance testing. Functional tests ...

Testing and tuning SQL is an often-overlooked aspect of incorporating the database into your DevOps pipeline. It is important to be able to analyze and optimize SQL performance within your application ...

Due to my background working with other major database platforms such as Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, I’ve long been an advocate for the SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA). This powerful and easy ...

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One of the Azure SQL-related announcements that did not get a lot of publicity at May's Microsoft Build conference was the Azure SQL Database local database experience. With all the hype around SQL ...

Amazon and Microsoft have teamed up to give developers a way to test Microsoft's upcoming version of its SQL Server in the Amazon cloud. The collaboration of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and the Amazon ...

From reclaiming wasted storage to simplifying replication, PostgreSQL 19 gives database administrators more ways to manage large installations and keep applications running.