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The general idea one have about databases is that they only serve the purpose of storing plain values as numbers, dates and text. A database does not do just that but even more allowing you to store a whole file as an Excel spreadsheet or an MP3 file in a column you define in your table. This post s...

In the IT world, but not among experienced DBAs, there has been a long-standing myth that the Oracle database platform is more stable and more secure than SQL Server from Microsoft. This is due to a variety of reasons; but in my opinion, the main ones are listed below: Read the whole article

Building SQL commands based on parameters is a good way to block SQL injection vulnerabilities. This is a short article about how to use the ADO.NET parameters in different database management systems, like: Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and Oracle.

Have you ever wanted to be able to SELECT a random record or records from a database table, but was unsure how to do it with SQL, instead of through code? Fortunately there is a way to do it in SQL Server (and MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, SQLite, and yes, even your favourite, MS Access), and ...