First production-ready milestone of the CouchDB open source NoSQL database is released, providing stability and performance gains for developers and users.

The NoSQL database MongoDB is on the rise because of its flexibility and scalability. Find out how to implement MongoDB in your Web development.

Use Doctrine, the open source object-relational mapper, to map database tables to PHP objects.

Here are ten outstanding graphical interfaces for MySQL management, development and administration, as well as one great MySQL toolkit with a wealth of command-line tools.

The MySQL EXPLAIN statement provides insight into MySQL's query execution plans. This video demonstrates how you can use this powerful feature to boost your MySQL database performance.

SQL JOINs can help you retrieve interrelated data stored in multiple tables from your MySQL (or really any relational) database.

Use these powerful tools to increase your MySQL development productivity.

Find out what makes Mnesia, the Erlang-based database management system, perfect for distribution across a network of computers.

Need your server and your site up and running quick? Let Greg Larsen show you what you need to know to get SQL Server running and configured.

Learn how leverage location based data using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 from C# applications and combine them with interactive maps.

The results you get out of any performance prediction exercise are bound to be wrong. The goal is to make them as least wrong as possible. Rob Bogue will help you understand how to avoid getting them too wrong.

In many business applications, it is crucial to know how data has changed over time. For developers, this is not a new problem; many different solutions have been created to log changes. But creating a log is time-consuming. Read on to learn how SQL Server 2008 can help you save time and work more effectively.

Learn to build a text DSL in MGrammar.

Old school programming, whereby the programmer reads control values and writes inline SQL, still works, but it's so 90s. If you are new to WinForms or Web programming but experienced, peruse the article and then master LINQ.

Elevate your SQL game (a little bit) with CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY.

Learn modeling and M development with the Oslo CTP SDK.

Walk through examples and see how existing Repository models are constructed using the M language, how the models are stored in a SQL database, and how to query the SQL database for model information.

Learn to how to make SQL Server Integration Services a part of Windows Workflow Foundation.

Discover how to use nullable types when retrieving data from your database.

Ever get confused by or dislike using the SQL Server Integration Services deployment wizard? Learn how to manually deploy the packages to SQL Server 2005 and configure the packages in a multitude of ways as well.

Discover how to use the XamlReader to dynamically create a Datatemplate. Then, see how you can bind to a Dataset and display the data in a ListView control (via a sample application pointing to the Northwind database).

Discover how you can utilize SQL Server transactions when nesting calls to stored procedures.

Expose your SQL Server data directly over the web. Learn to create SOAP-based native web services in SQL Server 2005/2008 that can be consumed from client applications over HTTP.

William Vaughn clarifies a misunderstanding regarding the ReportViewer Control.