Last year, Yahoo debuted its YQL language, which lets users query, filter, and join data across web data sources or services on the web. YQL or Yahoo Query Language is based on a SQL-like language, and it helps apps run faster with fewer lines of code.

Today, Yahoo announced a new feature for YQL, and that is the Insert/Update/Delete feature. A spokesperson for Yahoo tells WebProNews this extends the platform by adding “write" capability to its capabilities, including YQL Open Data Tables and Execute."

MySQL Server is the most widely used database management system in the world, primarily because it is open source and free.

Triggers are stored procedures which are fired when data is modified in an underlying table.

SQL Server requires that each variable and column in a table should be defined with respect to the type of data it will store.

This should be an eye opener to many. In September Mitre reported that web application vulnerabilities are claiming the top three spots on their CVE request list, beating out Buffer Overflows.

I came across Sphinx via the MySQL Performance Blog (which has some good entries you might want to check out). It is an Open Source Full Text SQL Search Engine.

CLR or TSQL? That is the question.

MySQL guru Sheeri Kritzer listed eight SQL best practices for database professionals who are hard at work on their projects.

The success and the longevity of any prominent business nowadays depend on powerful application infrastructures and effective, reliable management and development solutions.

Database management systems are very important for business today. Whether your application has a network access to all employees in your organization or whether it’s a web application.

Two of the coolest tools that have ever come out from Microsoft are certainly Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access.

SQL Injection is one of the most common security vulnerabilities on the web. Here I’ll try to explain in detail these kinds of vulnerabilities with examples of bugs in PHP and possible solutions.

It is not just MySQL or PostgreSQL offering freely available databases, as Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM all want to hook developers on lite versions of their products.

A database index is similar to an index in a book – it is comprised of a lookup value, and a number identifier that corresponds to the row number in a table.

SQL Server Stored Procedures are SQL statements saved in a database as an object. They can be called interactively through the Query Analyzer, and by other stored procedures.

The kids out in Redwood Shores announced a new product called SQL developer, known previously as Project Raptor. The product is a free database development tool designed for use by Oracle Database developers.

Danish security firm Secunia reported on Monday several moderately critical vulnerabilities in various software products that allow SQL injection attacks. Products like Gregarius, Total Ecommerce, Akarrus Social Bookmarking Engine and others.

Security is important for all developers, but more so when combining two of the most popular Database and Web Programming technologies.

A vulnerability was discovered in the ADOdb and can be exploited by hackers doing SQL injection attacks. The vulnerability only works on the PostgreSQL users. Andy Staudacher discovered the vulnerability and Secunia reported the issue as moderately critical on Tuesday.

Designing a disaster recovery system requires planning and consideration of the available options that will best fit your company’s needs, SLA and budget.

The release of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 on November 7th 2005 created a buzz around the office for IT professionals.

Before understanding the concept of SQL web hosting, it’s necessary to have a basic grasp on what SQL is, and also how web hosting works.