Modern SQL Compatibility Matrices

SQL has evolved. Beyond the relational model. Discover it now. | Continue reading


@modern-sql.com | 3 years ago

The Three-Valued Logic of SQL

Making decision despite missing SQL data (NULL): How to avoid OR…IS NULL in the WHERE clause. | Continue reading


@modern-sql.com | 3 years ago

Lifting some of JPAs limitations to use more modern SQL

Modern SQL has nice features that are not available through JPA. Blaze-Persistence provides mappings for them. | Continue reading


@modern-sql.com | 3 years ago

Java and SQL, Stronger Together

How JPA and SQL together achieve something that one alone could not. | Continue reading


@modern-sql.com | 4 years ago

Oracle DB 19c improves JSON standard conformance

Oracle DB 19c has closed some major gaps in its SQL/JSON path implementation, and they have also introduced a few JSON extensions. | Continue reading


@modern-sql.com | 4 years ago

SQLite in 2018: A state of the art SQL dialect

Window functions, filter clause, upsert, and more. SQLite got some cool new features in 2018! | Continue reading


@modern-sql.com | 5 years ago

Modern SQL: What’s New in Oracle Database 18c

Oracle Database 18c is actually just a patch. A few interesting changes are worth mentioning nevertheless: JSON, Polymorphic Table Functions, Grouping and LISTAGG. | Continue reading


@modern-sql.com | 5 years ago

What’s New in MariaDB 10.3 – Time traveling, sequences, percentiles

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@modern-sql.com | 5 years ago

What’s New in MariaDB 10.3 – They now embrace modern SQL standards

MariaDB 10.3 has improved in terms of no less than seven modern SQL features. Time traveling, percentiles, sequences, and self-referencing UPDATE and DELETE are just the tip of the iceberg. | Continue reading


@modern-sql.com | 5 years ago

How PostgreSQL’s SQL dialect stays ahead of its competitors [PDF slides]

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@modern-sql.com | 5 years ago

PGCon 2018: PostgreSQL Standard SQL Gap Analysis

PostgreSQL is very close to the SQL standard, yet there are some omissions. Here are the gaps that I presented at PGCon.org in Ottawa last week. | Continue reading


@modern-sql.com | 5 years ago