As a database consultant, one of the things I am most frequently asked about is dealing with database locking issues. Usually, the question is posed by someone who is experiencing a slowdown in their ...

Ask any IT leader why their department is still operating database technology from the last millennium, and you’ll most likely hear about how much they wish they could do away with those systems. As a ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Multiversion concurrency control (MVCC) is a database optimization technique. MVCC creates ...