The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB. MariaDB may have started as a MySQL fork, following Oracle’s acquisition of ...

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This article was written in collaboration with Bohan Zhang and originally appeared on the OtterTune website. In this article, we’ll dive into MVCC: what it is, how PostgreSQL does it, and why it is ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. The main difference between tempdb and other databases is the workload. With tempdb we are constantly creating and destroying objects such as temp tables. This ...

A deep Q network (DQN) (Mnih et al., 2013) is an extension of Q learning, which is a typical deep reinforcement learning method. In DQN, a Q function expresses all action values under all states, and ...

PostgreSQL semantic of temporary tables is substantially different from that of Oracle. Oracle temporary tables are permanent, so their structure is static and visible to all users, and the content is ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain ...