There a number of pure Java SQL database systems develolpers can embed into applications. In this tip we introduce two open source projects, HSQLDB and Apache Derby.

Similar to the web-based variant, SQL Injection in the DBMS exploits the passing of SQL commands as a parameter of a function or stored procedure.

An important aspect of database security is designing your applications to avoid SQL injection attacks. SQL injection is a form of web hacking whereby SQL statements are specified in the fields of a ...

It’s in this context that I want to make a few observations about the DBMS market. This is especially relevant right now, as there is a line of thinking that SQL databases are going away and DBAs will ...