Tag: SQL
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Pig Eye for the SQL Guy
For anyone who came of programming age before cloud computing burst its way into the technology scene, data analysis has long been synonymous with SQL. A slightly awkward, declarative language whose production can more resemble logic puzzle solving than coding, SQL and the relational databases it builds on have been the pervasive standard for how to deal with data.… Continued
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Impala: Cloudera makes SQL a first-class citizen in Hadoop
Cloudera makes SQL a first-class citizen in Hadoop:
Not content to watch its competitors leave it in the dust, veteran big data startup Cloudera is fundamentally changing the face of its flagship Hadoop distribution into something much more appealing.… Continued
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NoSQL Primer for RDBMS folks
Chen Shapira apparently went through a similar information gathering and facts finding exercise as I did with NoSQL, but she’s much better at writing it up all in this concise and complete article NoSQL Deep Dive – The Missing White Paper.… Continued
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Keep an RDBMS in Your Back Pocket
Now, depending on your viewpoint, that title could just as well read Keep a Hadoop Cluster in Your Back Pocket. So we’re talking about when it makes sense to combine an old fashioned SQL RDBMS with a fancy and modern NoSQL system from both angles.… Continued
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Small Data SQL Cloud
The recent releases of SQL Anywhere 12 and SQL Server Compact 4.0 got me thinking about a pet project of mine, basically providing a very cheap SQL persistence layer to fill the gap between Excel / MS Access and the multi-gigabytes typically stored in ‘real’ RDBMS.… Continued
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Windows Azure Platform Appliance
Microsoft formally announced its Windows Azure Platform Appliance today, as TechCrunchIT reports.
Dell, eBay, Fujitsu, and HP intend to deploy the appliance in their datacenters to offer new cloud services.
While that’s nice to know, I’m much more interested to hear by when we can get our own appliance, and what the configuration sizes and support requirements are going to be.… Continued
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SQL Urban Myths and VoltDB
SQL legend Mike Stonebraker gave a session on SQL Urban Myths, and how VoltDB works around them. Todd Hoff then took the arguments and described, analyzed and commented on them on great detail. Excellent read for anybody interested in SQL DBs and their future!… Continued
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Unwrapping 10G Wrapped PL/SQL
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SQL Injections