So, I just had a chat with my boss about Oracle and concurrency and she just shattered everything that I've ever understood about database and transactions. My understanding was that, in a transaction ...

You've carefully crafted a concurrent application taking advantage of all the latest and greatest language features. It scales magnificently and it's the jewel of the cloud. But what about the ...

Everyone wants faster database queries, and both SQL developers and DBAs can turn to many time-tested methods to achieve that goal. Unfortunately, no single method is foolproof or ironclad. But even ...