For a few decades, structured data are typically arranged as relational tables and stored in relational databases. Recent years have witnessed the blossom of graph databases, for which graph becomes ...

Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links to subordinates called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables.

SQL Server's OpenJson function will let you dismantle JSON structures into relational tables, including tables with foreign/primary key relationships. As I noted in an earlier column, JSON is great ...