- REFERENCE9 min read
So you want Database Versioning?
Here at DoltHub, we've had a lot of success with our "So you want..." series of blog posts helping people find Dolt when they are looking for it. Dolt is a lot of things. Dolt is a version controlled database, a Git database, Git for data, data…
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- REFERENCE4 min read
So you want Git SQL?
What does a mash up of Git and SQL look like? We built Dolt , a SQL database you can branch and merge like a Git repository. Is there a bit of a Git SQL movement forming? There are other Git + SQL mash ups being built that we find interesting. If...
Read More - USE CASE9 min read
A transaction that lasts for months
The bad old days of software development If you're under 40, you've probably heard tell of a time, way far back in the mists of ancient history, when software developers didn't commonly use source control. And I don't mean that they didn't us...
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The History of DoltHub
Let's Build a Database Everyone loves a good origin story. In this video, our CEO Tim Sehn tells you DoltHub's story from Day 1. You'll learn why we called the company Dolt, our first product, and where we see Dolt going in the future as a...
Read More - WEBTECHNICAL8 min read
Using client-side storage in our React application
DoltHub is a web-based UI built in React to share, discover, and collaborate on Dolt databases. We've recently been adding more features to make it easier to add and change data in your Dolt database on the web. One of these features is ...
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How to Alter Schema on DoltHub
DoltHub makes Schema Changes Easy This video will you show how to add columns to your Dolt database. It will also walk you through how to drop and add primary keys. This is all done online at Dolthub.com. We have more DoltHub How To videos...
Read More - SQLTECHNICALGOLANG5 min read
Optimizing A 60 Hour IN Expression
A customer recently experienced performance issues with a query similar to this: SELECT a . * , b . x , c . y from c INNER JOIN b ON b . id = c . id INNER JOIN a ON a . id = c . id WHERE a . x ...
Read More - BOUNTY5 min read
Merging SHAQ Players for Fun and Profit
Dolt is a version controlled database . Dolt uses the Git-model of source control and applies it to the data and schema of a SQL database. That makes Dolt the first and only SQL database you can branch and merge. We also built DoltHub , a pla...
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It's Time To Set Your Senior Engineer Free
Make your Senior Engineers More Productive with Dolt Operating on your database is a high risk because your application or even your whole company could go down. It only makes sense that senior engineers or experienced database administrat...
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Hey, what's up with all these videos?
Hey there, everyone! My name is Kathleen, and this is my first blog. A year ago I started my journey as a software developer, after spending the last decade of my life in the entertainment industry. During that time I wore many hats; actor, writer…...
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How to Add Data to your Dolt Database on DoltHub
Data Input on DoltHub is Easy In this video, we walk through how to add data to your Dolt database using DoltHub's online SQL feature and the edit like a spreadsheet option. If you need help getting starting on DoltHub.com or creating your...
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Contributing to Dolt
whoami Hello world! My name is James, and this is my first blog at my first full-time job. I graduated from UCSD a couple months ago with a B.S. in CS, and then got hired as a Software Engineer here at DoltHub. At heart, I'm an engineer; I l...
Read More - FEATURE RELEASESQL3 min read
Dolt now supports dump
Dolt is a database with Git-style version control features. In order to provide features like diff and merge at database scale, we wrote a whole new database storage engine . This means in order to use Dolt you have to import your data into it....
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5 Signs you're Wasting Developer Time On Your Databases
Five Signs You're Wasting Developer Time Dolt gives you the technology to do rapid deployments and instant roll backs for when there is a problem. If you are avoiding database changes and only doing them when absolutely necessary, it's tim...
Read More - TECHNICALSQL9 min read
Journey On Improving Indexes
Dolt is a SQL database with Git-style versioning. We are a drop-in replacement for MySQL, making it very easy to use Dolt . The versioning features of Dolt bring many clear advantages over using MySQL, however there is one area where we fa...
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How to Create a Database on DoltHub
How to Create a Database on DoltHub In this video, we walk through how to sign up for a DoltHub.com account and create a Dolt database on the DoltHub GUI. DoltHub is easy to use. Even a non-technical user can create a database and get the ...
Read More - WEB7 min read
Adding Pagination and Search to our Gatsby Blog
DoltHub is a place on the internet to share, discover, and collaborate on Dolt databases. Our blog is a separate Gatsby application. Each page is created from a markdown file, which includes metadata that can be queried through the Gra...
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So you want a Git Database?
Dolt is a "Git Database". Why are we ranking rather low (around 10th) for the query on Google ? Why are Liquibase , Planetscale , and TerminusDB , other products in the Git database space, not ranked at all? It makes no sense. This blog a...
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Persisting Dolt Configs
Database configuration isn't the most exciting topic. Developers dislike prolonged onboarding, preferring to dive straight into application building. Because Dolt marries the concepts of Git And MySQL, we maintain two sets of configurations…
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Dolt, The Developer Friendly Database
Dolt, The Developer Friendly Database Dolt is a version controlled database . With Dolt, you get all the convenience of Git-style source code control in your database, for both data and schema. Imagine your database supercharged with t...
Read More - FEATURE RELEASESQL6 min read
Creating multiple databases in Dolt
Dolt is a SQL database with git-like version control capabilities, the only SQL database you can branch and merge, clone and fork, push and pull like a git repository. Until very recently, Dolt was lacking a very basic ability that almost every o...
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