Learn about and revise the topics of relational databases and structured query language (SQL) with this BBC Bitesize GCSE Computer Science AQA study guide.

SQL-based relational servers are built to handle the demands of financial transactions, designed around the tenets of ACID: Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability.

Relational databases and the software that access them can be invaluable tools to businesses. Popular relational database management systems include Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, as well ...

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For example, if your load triples overnight, how quickly can you upgrade your hardware? The second scenario can be too difficult to manage with a relational database in general.

Even after 50 years, Structured Query Language, or SQL, remains the native tongue for those who speak data. It's had impressive staying power since it was first coined the Structured Query English ...

“This is an example of MongoDB addressing use cases that heretofore might have led developers to consider relational alternatives,” said Doug Henschen, principal analyst at Constellation Research.

Graph databases will never replace conventional relational databases, but for harnessing the value of the fundamental interconnectedness of everything, a graph database is well worth considering.