How Identical Are 'Identical Characters' in Japanese? Measuring MySQL and PostgreSQL Collations and Full-Width Character Handling to Create a Duplicate Insp…

When applying UNIQUE constraints to Japanese names or addresses, or matching them via JOIN, the database collation determines ...

Backups must be restored and verified—I measured the conditions under which SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL fail to restore and created a verification script

When judging whether a backup can be restored based solely on exit codes and integrity checks, I found conditions in SQLite, ...
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Drupal Patches Critical Field UI Flaw With Unauthenticated RCE Path via Contributed Modules

Drupal patched a critical Field UI RCE flaw reachable through contributed modules, including one known path that requires no ...

Tool choices, part 2: The stack is set before the problem is clear

Many teams choose their database before they understand the problem. The product is rarely the issue; the wrong tool category ...