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PostgreSQL 8.4 Release Candidate 1 Now Available

The next version of PostgreSQL is now available for final pre-release testing.

Oracle Releases Oracle Warehouse Management

Oracle releases Oracle Warehouse Management, a modular application that can now be operated by businesses and the enterprise without upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite.

MySQL Founder Launch the Open Database Alliance

The "Open Database Allaince" was announced with plans to bring together the MySQL community

Microsoft Seeking Cloud Database Customers to Test Project Huron

Microsoft is welcoming early adopters to Project Huron, part of its cloud-based push. The goal of Project Huron is to allow users to synchronize local copies of a database with a database in the cloud.

Oracle to buy Sun for US$7.4bn

Software giant Oracle is to buy server and software maker Sun Microsystems, the two companies announced late Monday.

SQL Server 2008 SP1 - Released

Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008 is now available to customers.

IBM, Sun unable to reach a deal, report says

Sun reportedly rejected IBM's offer of $9.40 per share

Oracle 11g R2, Middleware 11g coming soon

Oracle 11g R2 will feature enhancements to the RAC technology, making it easier to use and bringing 'grid computing for the masses'

DB2/400 Storage Engine for MySQL Now Available as Public Beta

MySQL and IBM last week started a public beta for the new DB2 for i (IBMDB2i) Storage Engine for the MySQL database.

Microsoft Looks to Push SQL Server Deeper into the Data Warehousing Space

Microsoft teams with Bull, Dell and HP to release a set of pretested reference architectures to make it easier to create data warehouses.

PostgreSQL updates released

The developers of the open source database PostgreSQL have released updates to fix several bugs found in versions 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3.

MySQL founder joins Sun exodus

Monty Widenius, the original author of the MySQL database server, has resigned from Sun Microsystems after months of protracted discussions about his career.

Oracle Patches 41 flaws in First 2009 Update

Oracle is out with its first critical patch update (CPU) for 2009 fixing no less than 41 flaws in Oracle products with nearly half of them specific to Oracle's database product suite.

Sun: MySQL 5.1 Open-Source Database GA Near

Officials at Sun say the MySQL 5.1 open-source database will be generally available in the coming weeks. Sun had said MySQL 5.1 would be available earlier in 2008, but had to delay the release to allow developers to fix bugs.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008

Customers and partners worldwide confirm mission-critical applications, enterprise-class data warehousing support.

PostgreSQL 8.3 released

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today announced the release of version 8.3 of the high-performance object-relational database management system...

Oracle has released its first critical patch update of 2008 with 26 new security fixes

Oracle has released its first critical patch update of 2008 with 26 new security fixes.

PostgreSQL 8.3 Cheat Sheet Overview

Postgresonline.com community created a Cheat Sheet that covers prior PostgreSQL constructs plus new 8.3 features

Microsoft Releases Entity Framework Beta 3

Microsoft released Entity Framework Beta 3 and officially announced that third-party database vendors agreed to support the framework

Oracle(r) Database 11g Generally Available on Microsoft Windows Platform

Latest Oracle Database Release Delivers Unmatched Price/Performance for Tackling Data Management Needs of Growing and Established Businesses

Oracle ships critical update for database, applications

Fifty-one holes plugged, including one that maxes out the CVSS vuln scale

PostgreSQL 8.3 Beta 1 Released!

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today released the long-awaited first beta of version 8.3

PostgreSQL 8.2.5, 8.1.10 etc. Minor Releases

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released the minor update versions updating all current and recent versions of PostgreSQL

Oracle Database 11g on Linux released

Oracle has announced the availability of its Oracle Database 11g on the Linux platform and, at the same time, released new capabilities for its existing 11g Enterprise Edition offering.

Virtualisation pricing "too complicated" claims Oracle

Software giant says further changes to its licensing model to account for virtual machines are unlikely

Oracle Unveils Oracle(r) Database 11g

New Release to Help Customers Innovate Faster

Second SQL Server 2008 CTP Coming Soon

Look for improvements in the way policies are set up in SQL Server 2008 when Microsoft releases the next community test preview (CTP) of the database server by month's end.

IBM plans Q4 release for DB2 Viper upgrade

Major upgrade to DB2 9 database to feature new workload management tools and security features, and better handling of XML data

Gartner Says Worldwide Relational Database Market Increased 14 Percent in 2006

Linux Experiences Strongest Operating System Growth Rate with 67 Percent Revenue Increase

IBM's 'Cheetah' Ready to Pounce

IBM released on Tuesday the Informix Dynamic Server 11

Oracle bulks up .NET tools

Oracle announced beta versions of a couple existing tools that help .NET developers work with Oracle databases.

Oracle Database 10g Release 2 'achieves record benchmark'

Oracle has claimed a TPC-H Three Terabyte (TB) benchmark for a database running on the Windows operating system.

Microsoft SQL Server “Katmai” Builds on SQL Server 2005

Vision for next release of SQL Server announced at Microsoft’s first Business Intelligence Conference.

Maintain DTS packages in SQL Server 2005

This article looks at a way you can edit, maintain and even continue developing your existing SQL 2000 DTS packages using the SQL Server 2000 DTS Designer Tool

Next MySQL release will include storage engine

Version 6.0 of the open source database will have new features

Oracle® Database 10g Release 2 Sets New World Record TPC-H Three TB Benchmark with Sun Fire E25K

Oracle today announced a record breaking TPC-H Three Terabyte (TB) benchmark for Oracle® Database 10g Release 2(1)...

Microsoft Changes How It Issues SQL Server Fixes

Microsoft last week introduced a new way for SQL Server users - the Incremental Servicing Model...

Product Review: EMS SQL Manager for Oracle

Steve Callan at databasejournal.com made a review of our product.

Oracle Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement

This Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement provides advance information about the Oracle Critical Patch Update for April 2007 which will be released on Tuesday, 17 April 2007

Firebird V2.01 is available for download.

The Firebird Project today officially releases the much-anticipated version 2.0 of its open source Firebird relational database software...

CodeGear™ Introduces Delphi® for Win32®

New RAD Environment Allows Developers to Jump-start Microsoft Windows Vista Applications While Seamlessly Supporting Existing Users

MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.00.11 Beta released.

MySQL Connector/ODBC is a driver which allows access to the MySQL v5 server using the widely used ODBC standard.

Firebird V1.5.4 has been released

The V1.5 release of Firebird represents a major upgrade to the V1.0 database engine with a numerous bugfixes and new features.

PostgreSQL Security Release for 8.0, 7.4, 7.3

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group releases today a security update older PostgreSQL versions: minor versions 8.0.11, 7.4.16 and 7.3.18.

Firebird V2.01 Release Candidate is out

Large number of new features, including derived tables, support for Execute Block, increased table sizes, new improved index code, numerous optimiser improvements...

New update for all PostgreSQL versions

The PostgreSQL G.D.G. today released minor versions updating all releases

Firebird V2.0 Final released

This release contains a large number of new features, including derived tables, support for Execute Block, increased table sizes, new improved index code and more

MySQL AB released MySQL Server 5.1.12 Beta

MySQL 5.1.12 delivers several important improvements to ease the creation of Pluggable Storage Engines

MySQL Enterprise released

MySQL AB released a new version of its flagship commercial subscription service that includes new automated, proactive technology to help corporate users monitor and tune their production MySQL database systems.

PostgreSQL Team released 8.2

PostgreSQL database software version 8.2 beta released and includes planner improvements, SQL2003 aggregates conformance, continuous archiving and much more.

Borland's Developer Tools Group Introduces InterBase® 2007

Multi-Platform, Embeddable SQL Database Combines Enhanced Durability and Performance with Low Total Cost of Ownership

Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 5

Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 5 is currently being released. It will take at least a day or two for all the various kits to become available via the Sourceforge mirrors.

EnterpriseDB Releases Replication Server

LinuxWorld San Francisco, EnterpriseDB announced the availability of Replication Server, which replicates data to and from EnterpriseDB, Oracle and PostgreSQL databases in near real time.

MySQL 5.0.22 and 4.1.20 released

This release only includes the security fix - but no other changes and bug fixes since the last release

Security releases for all active PostgreSQL versions are available for download.

Users are urged to apply the update as soon as reasonably possible.

MySQL 5.0.21 released.

This release includes the patches for recently reported security vulnerabilites in the MySQL client-server protocol.

MySQL 5.1.9-beta released.

This is a new Beta development release, fixing recently discovered bugs.

MySQL 5.0.20a released.

One security fix, several InnoDB and NDBCluster improvements and many bugfixes...

Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack1 adds support for mirroring, a crucial ingredient in high availability environments, as well as a set of scaled-down management tools called SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express

MySQL 5.0.19 released.

This is a bugfix release for the current production release family.

MySQL 5.1.7-beta released.

This is the first published Beta release in the 5.1 series.

PostgreSQL 8.1.3 released.

PostgreSQL minor version 8.1.3 contains a patch for a serious security issue present in the 8.1 branch.

MySQL 5.1.6-alpha released.

A lot of changes in partitioning and replication, several incompatible changes...

Firebird 2.0 Beta 2 released.

The Firebird Project announces the release of the second Firebird 2.0 Beta.

IBM DB2 Express-C: Develop and Deploy Database Applications at No Charge

Based on the same core technology as the DB2 Universal Database (UDB) Express Edition product, DB2 Express-C is available on Linux and Windows platforms as a no-charge download.

Borland planning to sell IDE product lines

Today Borland announced plans to seek a buyer for our IDE product lines that include Delphi,C++ Builder, ...

MySQL 4.1.18 released.

A critical perfomance bug that was intoduced in 4.1.16 is fixed now.

SQL Express with Advanced Services Beta

Microsoft is about to start a beta program for the next update to SQL Express and are looking for beta testers.

Firebird 1.5.3 released.

The new version has some minor enhancements and a lot of bugfixes, some of them backported from the FB 2.0 branch.

MySQL 5.1.5-alpha released.

Two new XML functions are added, two new Hungarian collations are included and many more...

MySQL 5.0.18 released

This is a bugfix version for the current production release family.

PostgreSQL Critical Release

Multiple versions of the open source database, including the most recent one, are affected.

DBISAM 4.22 released.

The latest release now includes Delphi 2006 for Win32 support.

MySQL 5.1.4-alpha released.

This is a new alpha development release, adding new features and fixing recently discovered bugs.

MySQL 5.0.17 released.

Recursion is allowed in stored procedures and many other changes and bugfixes...

Firebird 1.5.3 RC3 released.

The final release candidate for the forthcoming Firebird V1.5.3 full release.

TCP/R performance comparison between InterBase and Firebird

The InterBase and Firebird Developer magazine published results of TPC/R tests between Firebird v.1.5.2 and InterBase v.7.5.1.

MySQL 5.1.3-alpha has been released.

This alpha release provides an insight to upcoming features.

MySQL 5.0.16 released.

Spatial colimns support, Packaging changes and many bugs fixed...

Firebird 2.0 Beta 1 released.

The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the release today of the first Firebird 2.0 public Beta version.

PostgreSQL 8.1.0 Officially Released

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group proudly announces the release of PostgreSQL 8.1

Oracle releases free database

Oracle plans to release a free version of its database in an attempt to compete more effectively at the low end of the market.

PostgreSQL 8.1 RC1 released.

PostgreSQL Global Development Group is pleased to announce the first Release Candidate...

MySQL 5.0 first Production Release is out.

MySQL announces the production release of MySQL 5.0, which is hereby GA (Generally Available)

MySQL 4.1.15 released.

This is a bugfix release for the current production version.

New PostgreSQL point releases now available.

A few of the more prominent fixes for 7.3, 7.4 and 8.0 PostgreSQL branches.

MySQL 5.0 first Release Candidate is out.

MySQL is nearing the most important release in their history...

PostgreSQL 8.1 beta 2 is out.

Beta 2 includes a Win32 version, now that the Windows ipv6 bug is fixed.

MySQL 5.0.12-beta released.

This is the eighth published Beta release in the 5.0 series.

PostgreSQL 8.1 beta1 is out.

PostgreSQL 8.1 will bring in alot of fairly large features, including...

MySQL 4.1.14 released.

This is a bug fix release for the current production series.

PostgreSQL 8.1 is going beta!

PostgreSQL development team reports that new version of popular database engine will be available soon...

MySQL 5.0.11-beta released.

Various optimizations, security fixes and more...

MySQL 5.0.10-beta released.

Security improvement: applied a patch that addresses a zlib data vulnerability that could result in a buffer overflow and code execution; enhancements in viewing of triggers and trigger metadata and more...

Firebird 2.0 Alpha 3 released.

The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the availability of Firebird 2.0 Alpha 3 for immediate download and testing.

MySQL 4.1.13 released.

This is a bug fix release for the current production series.

MySQL 5.0.9-beta released.

Various optimizations in InnoDB, security fixes and more...

MySQL 4.0.25 released.

This is a bugfix release for the recent production version.

Microsoft's Lineup of SQL Server Related Webcasts for July 2005

Seventeen new webcasts are Scheduled for July, covering such topics as Database Tuning Advisor, Advanced MDX Scripting, Applying SQL Server 2005 Data Mining to Enterprise Business Problems and more.

MySQL 5.0.7-beta released and Beta Challenge announced.

MySQL is looking for as many users as possible to test 5.0 in general, and specifically key features...

Microsoft says new database coming this fall

After numerous delays, the next editions of Microsoft's main software development products -- SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 -- will be available in November.

SQL Server June 2005 Community Technology Preview (CTP)

Learn how to get a test copy of the next generation of SQL Server. SQL Server June 2005 CTP is now available for general testing.

MySQL 5.0.6-beta released.

Some improvements made and many server crash situations fixed.

Microsoft\'s Lineup of SQL Server Related Webcasts

Thirty-six new webcasts are Scheduled for June covering such topics as Advanced Report Authoring, Analysis Services, Data Warehousing Enhancements in SQL Server 2005 and more.

MySQL 4.1.12 released.

This is a bug fix release for the current production series.

DBISAM 4.20 released.

This 4.20 release supercedes the 4.19 release and fixes a few problems that were introduced in 4.19 version...

MS SQL Server Service Pack 4 available

In addition to providing the latest updates and fixes, SQL Server 2000 SP4 provides enhanced performance, security, and serviceability.

PostgreSQL Security Releases

In order to address several security issues identified over the past two weeks...

Firebird 2.0 Alpha 2 released.

The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the availability of Firebird 2.0 Alpha 2 for immediate download and testing.

IMPORTANT: two new PostgreSQL security problems found

These errors at least allow an unprivileged database user to crash the backend process, and may make it possible for an unprivileged user to gain the privileges of a database superuser.

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 and SQL Server 2005 April CTP

The latest major milestone in delivering the next generation products...

MySQL & Red Hat to Offer Optimized \'Scale-Out\' Solutions for Enterprise Customers

Open Source Leaders Collaborate on Technical Support and Clustering Solutions

MySQL 5.0.4-beta released.

This is the second Beta release in the 5.0 series. Many bugs were fixed and some improvements were made...

Bizgres project launched

Greenplum (formerly Metapa) is sponsoring the Bizgres project on pgFoundry to promote PostgreSQL for business intelligence applications.

PostgreSQL 8.0.2 now available.

New cache management algorithm 2Q replaced ARC and more...

MySQL 4.1.11 released.

This is a bug fix release for the current production series.

MySQL 5.0.3-beta released.

New privilege CREATE USER was added, some Security improvements, changes in InnoDB and more....

Firebird 2.0 Alpha 1 released.

This release contains a large number of new features, including derived tables, support for Execute Block, increased table sizes, new improved index code, expression indices, and much more...

DBISAM 4.18 released.

Delphi 2005 for Win32 support is now included, some imrovements and bugfixes...

MySQL 4.0.24 released.

This is a bugfix release for the recent production version. It also includes fixes for recently reported potential security vulnerabilites...

MySQL 4.1.10a released.

It includes the additional patches for recently reported potential security vulnerabilites...

Firebird 2.0 Call for Testers

The Firebird Project will soon be releasing the first public \'alpha\' release of Firebird 2.0.

Microsoft sends out database preview

Microsoft on Thursday released an interim "preview" release of its SQL Server 2005 database.

MySQL Launches ‘MySQL Network’ for Corporate Enterprises

All-in-One Offering Provides the Most Affordable & Reliable Way to Develop High-Performance Business-Critical Applications with MySQL

MySQL 4.1.10 released.

A new version of the popular Free Open Source Database Management System.

DBISAM 4.17 released

Delphi 2005 suuport, IProvider support for DBISAM, cached updates and more...

Microsoft SQL Server Beta tests

Microsoft is seeking users willing to beta-test SQL Server 2000 SP4, SQL Server 2005 Express and Reporting Services SP2.

Study: Few bugs in MySQL database

A source-code analysis of the MySQL database revealed few bugs compared with the number found in commercial code...

MSDN Webcast: Running SQL Server on Windows XP Service Pack 2

Recent versions of SQL Server and MSDE may encounter issues when running on Windows XP Service Pack 2...

PostgreSQL Security Release

In order to address a potential security hole recently identified with the "LOAD" option...

MySQL Security Alert 2005-01-27

There is a bot active on the internet that is infecting Windows machines running MySQL Server

MySQL and FirebirdSQL Top Open Source DB List

New research from Evans Data shows the two open source databases running neck and neck in deployments.

PostgreSQL 8.0 Out Now!

PostgreSQL is a highly-scalable, SQL compliant, open source object-relational database management system.

MySQL 4.1.9 released.

This is a bug fix release for the current production series.

Pervasive Software Inc. introduced Pervasive Postgres

Pervasive Software® Enters Mainstream Corporate Database Market with PostgreSQL...

Firebird database readies SMP release

Firebird developers are due to do an alpha release of version 2.0 later this month...

IBM to Add Native XML for DB2

The company is planning to add a separate storage manager to DB2, making it easier for programmers to use XML.

FireBird 1.5.2 released.

The full release of Firebird 1.5.2 for Linux and Windows has been placed into the production download area.

PostgreSQL 8.0.0 RC2 released.

PostgreSQL Global Development Group is pleased to announce the second Release Candidate.

MySQL 4.0.23 released.

This is a bug fix release for the previous production series.

MySQL 4.1.8 released.

This is a bug fix release for the current production series.

InterBase 7.5 released!

Upgrade and trial versions are available for download.

PostgreSQL 8.0.0 RC1 released.

PostgreSQL Global Development Group is pleased to announce the first Release Candidate.

MySQL 5.0.2-alpha released.

New features added and recently discovered bugs fixed.

PostgreSQL 8.0.0 Beta 5 now available.

All of major Open Items have now been completed.

MySQL 4.0.22 released.

This is a bug fix release for the previous product version.

DBISAM 4.14 released.

Some issues with SQL IN sub-queries...

PostgreSQL 8.0.0 Beta 4 now available.

Developers invite everyone to test this version.

MySQL 4.1 certified as Production-Ready.

This significant upgrade to the MySQL database server...

MySQL 4.1.7 released.

This is the first generally available (GA) release for the current MySQL production branch.

PostgreSQL Security Releases for 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4.

In order to address a recent security report from iDefence, 3 new "point" releases: 7.2.6, 7.3.8 and 7.4.6 now available.

PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta 3 released.

There have been enough improvements to the code to warrant a new Beta, to reduce the number of "already fixed" bug reports.

New Features Coming to SQL Server 2005 in Beta 3

Beta 3 will carry a number of feature enhancements...

DB2 Stinger (now called v.8.2) released.

DB2 Stinger is ready to buzz into enterprises around the globe.

InterBase 7.5 overview.

Charlie Caro gave a preview of new features in IB 7.5, a free update for IB 7 customers.

DBISAM 3.30 released.

This release will be the final one for the 3.x product lines...

Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 beta.

Microsoft began a wide beta testing program of its forthcoming SQL Server 2005 database.

Firebird 1.5.1 released.

This release represents a commitment by the project to develop and deliver ongoing improvements to this popular open source database engine.

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition to replace MSDE.

It\'s a free, easy-to-use, and lightweight version of SQL Server 2005...

FireBird 1.5 released!

The Firebird Project is pleased to announce that the v1.5 release of the Firebird database engine is now available for immediate download.

InterBase 7.1 Service Pack 2 released.

Based on customer feedback, an InterBase 7.1 service pack 2 has been released.