Stonebraker Dismisses Columns, Heralds New Data Friendly Systems
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Stonebraker, database pioneer and co-founder of everyone's favorite database start-up Vertica. I expected to hear some deep insights from Dr....
View ArticleRAM Storage is not the Answer... At Least not for MySQL
There's an interesting article over at MySQL Performance Blog that talks about some MySQL benchmarks using RAM-based storage. Here's the most interesting part (to me, anyway):However even with MyISAM...
View ArticleNew Join Types Discovered
I spent a good chunk of my day today reworking SQL queries, and while doing so I discovered two join types I'd never encountered before.• The INNERT JOIN is guaranteed to produce no rows. It is useful...
View ArticleConfessions of an Old SQL Hacker: I Like ANSI Joins
For longer than I care to remember, I've been writing joins like so: SELECT col1, col2 -- Boo on "SELECT *"! FROM T1, T2 WHERE T1.x = T2.x Over the last six months or so, however, I've found myself...
View Article"New Breed" Database Extensibility
At present, I can think of at least 5 "new breed" database vendors that you allow you to extend their SQL language in some form or another: Netezza ParAccel Kognitio Greenplum (I think)...
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