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 ...

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, ...

db4o is an open-source, object-oriented database from db4objects. It is embeddable, in the sense that the entire db4o engine is supplied as a single library that links into your application. Versions ...

I urge our readers to have a look at the “Vietnam of Computer Science” by Ted Neward, which compares the quagmire of the Vietnam War to the current quagmire that results from our attempts to blend ...

Here's how you can use SQL Server's OpenJson function to dismantle JSON structures into relational tables targeting either transactional systems or data warehouses. JSON is great for moving data ...

Like it or not, data is an integral part of any application, even cool object-oriented ones. Everything stops at the persistence layer, where Java developers traditionally have had to write complex ...

In a world that is all about new apps and cloud computing, sometimes the important stuff doesn’t look new or cool. Sometimes key small business tools are just functional, they might have been around a ...

Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links it to subordinates, called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables. Before we dive ...