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

For technical clarification, databases come in two flavors: relational and non-relational. Relational (SQL) databases store data in tables with strictly-defined relationships between tables.

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

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Most database startups avoid building relational databases, since that market is dominated by a few goliaths. Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server have embedded themselves into the technical ...

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.

Benefits of the Longer Route Of course, many databases do have a limit on the length of SQL statements, but you might be surprised how far one can go. This charac­teristic of relational closure is ...

NoSQL attacked both relational databases and SQL in the same vein. The main problem this time was that the Internet had destroyed the underlying premise of the 40-year-old relational database ...

Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links to subordinates called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables.