For example, you can sort the observations in a normal SAS data set and store the output to another data set. However, in a relational DBMS, sorting data often has no effect on how it is stored.

NoSQL database systems continue to gain traction, but they are still not widely understood. There is more than one type of NoSQL database and a large number of individual NoSQL DBMSs. There are more ...

Database management system (DBMS) configuration tuning is an essential aspect of any data-intensive application effort. But it is historically difficult because DBMSs have hundreds of configuration ...