Configure backup storage redundancy for Azure Cosmos DB account

May 15, 2024 by Manvendra Singh

This article will explain backup storage redundancy for Azure Cosmos DB. Backups are a critical feature to keep copies of our data to ensure data protection and recoverability in case of any accidental deletion, updating, or any kind of disaster. But this is not enough to run backups only to save its copies. We must also protect those backup copies from accidental deletes or corruption and ensure their proper resiliency should be in place to keep backups safe from any unforeseen circumstances. It depends on the criticality of your data whether you want to keep them locally to want to replicate them in other locations or regions to ensure their resiliencies.

SQL Performance Tuning tips for newbies

April 15, 2024 by Esat Erkec

The purpose of this article is to give newbies some basic advice about SQL performance tuning that helps to improve their query tuning skills in SQL Server.

Understanding the SQL IN operator with examples

March 19, 2024 by Arindam Mondal

Today we will learn about the SQL IN operator. The RDBMS systems are very popular today in terms of data storage, data security, and data analysis. SQL stands for Structured Query Language which is used to create, update, or retrieve data in RDBMS or Relational Database Management Systems like SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

Finding Duplicates in SQL

February 7, 2024 by Rahul Mehta

This article will provide an understanding of identifying duplicate values in SQL.

Difference between SQL SELECT UNIQUE and SELECT DISTINCT

January 16, 2024 by Manvendra Singh

Today, we will learn the difference between SQL SELECT UNIQUE and SELECT DISTINCT in this article. As we all know that SQL is a query language that is used to access, create, delete, and modify data stored in a database system like SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, etc. All these database systems have their query language like TSQL, PLSQL, etc. These query languages are based on ANSI standard SQL language which can also be used in these database systems to perform any transaction.

An overview of SQL Server monitoring tools

December 12, 2023 by Hadi Fadlallah

This article explains some of the popular SQL Server monitoring tools and techniques.

PostgreSQL tutorial to create a user

November 12, 2023 by Daniel Calbimonte

Introduction to the PostgreSQL tutorial to create a user

In this article, we will show a PostgreSQL tutorial to create a user using PgAdmin and PL/PgSQL.

MySQL substring uses with examples

October 14, 2023 by Rahul Mehta

This article will provide an understanding of different ways to use substring in MySQL.

An introduction to PostgreSQL Data Types with examples

September 15, 2023 by Arindam Mondal

This article will show PostgreSQL Data Types with various examples.

SQL Unit Testing reference guide for beginners

August 11, 2023 by Esat Erkec

In this article, we are going to learn the basics of SQL unit testing and how to write a SQL unit test through the tSQLt framework.

How to install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu

July 13, 2023 by Rajendra Gupta

This article covers the different methods to install Postgres on Ubuntu.

Different methods for monitoring MongoDB databases

June 14, 2023 by Hadi Fadlallah

This article explains what database monitoring is and why it is essential. Then, it illustrates the different methods for monitoring MongoDB NoSQL databases.

SQL Machine Learning in simple words

May 15, 2023 by Haroon Ashraf

This article is about SQL Machine Learning which is one of the most interesting topics equally attractive to both beginners and professionals of different areas of expertise.

Introduction to the SQL Standard Deviation function

April 21, 2023 by Gauri Mahajan

In this article, we will learn about one of the important statistical functions, the SQL Standard Deviation function. Read more »

How to do a group by clause

April 12, 2023 by Manvendra Singh

Today, I am going to explain how to do a group by clause in your SQL queries. SQL (Structured Query Language) is a very popular query language that is widely used to access and manipulate records stored in a database. The GROUP BY clause is also a SQL statement that is used to group identical values. Let’s first understand this clause what it does and why we use this clause in SQL queries.

PostgreSQL Tutorial for beginners

April 6, 2023 by Daniel Calbimonte

Introduction to the PostgreSQL tutorial

In this article, we will have a tutorial to learn PostgreSQL. According to Statista, PostgreSQL is the 4^th most popular database in the world (the other ones are Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL). That is why we think it is an important DBMS to learn.

MySQL group_concat() function overview

March 28, 2023 by Rahul Mehta

This article will provide an understanding of how to effectively use group concatenation in MySQL.

Understanding Substring in Oracle SQL

March 22, 2023 by Arindam Mondal

The Oracle SQL database provides many useful functions to use with your query or programming. The SUBSTR function is one of the most used string functions in the Oracle SQL database. I will also discuss a few important string functions TRIM, UPPER, and LOWER which can be used along with substring functions. In this article, we will discuss substring in Oracle SQL.

PostgreSQL vs MySQL: Understanding their differences

March 13, 2023 by Manvendra Singh

Today, we will compare the two most popular database products PostgreSQL vs MySQL, and explain the differences between them in this article. There are many database systems based on the relations database management system (RDBMS) concept in the market. Some of them are Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc. It’s really important to understand the differences between them before selecting any database product for your application. Keeping this in mind, I am writing this article to explain these two database systems i.e., PostgreSQL vs MySQL, and compare them from various aspects so that you can understand them before taking any decision for your requirements.

Understanding the Scalability in Oracle Database

March 9, 2023 by Randheer Parmar

When an application grows the associated database grows automatically. It needs to be scaled to a larger machine or server and overall configuration needs to be increased to handle the application and database performance requirement.