Long synonymous with relational databases, Oracle wants to tell developers that it's not only for SQL programmers or priced just for enterprises. And so, it's announcing a new JSON-only document ...

When Oracle first released the JSON document flavor of its autonomous database 18 months ago, we popped the question: When will they get around to adding support for the MongoDB API? This week, Oracle ...

In the last Mongo Matters column, we looked at MongoDB’s new SQL interface for querying data in MongoDB Atlas. Almost all of the “NoSQL” databases today support some form of SQL interface in order to ...

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) has become the de facto standard for lightweight data exchange across applications, especially within modern web-based platforms. For Oracle APEX developers, JSON ...

Security researchers have developed a generic technique for SQL injection that bypasses multiple web application firewalls (WAFs). At the core of the issue was WAF vendors failing to add support for ...

When a $40 billion database industry giant takes enough interest in a technology to build its own application programming interface for it, that’s an indication the technology has legitimate appeal.

As the de facto IT guy for a family of four working and schooling at home, I deeply appreciate any technology that does its job without my having to tinker with software or hardware when I’m trying to ...

Microsoft is integrating AI features directly into SQL Server for the first time. The new version also brings JSON support and changes the licensing model.

With SQL Server 2016, you can store JSON objects in your rows. Here’s how to work with JSON objects, including how to update them once you’ve found them. In a previous Practical .NET column I showed ...