- 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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- FEATURE RELEASESQL4 min read
Dolt Supports Prepared Statements
Dolt is a SQL database that supports Git-like functionality, including branch, merge, clone, push and pull. Dolt targets compatibility with MySQL as an existing SQL dialect and wire protocol. We built Dolt on top of an excellent open-source…
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Version Controlled Databases: Defining a Category
"Database version control" and "version controlled database" are not the same thing. Version controlling your database refers to the practice of storing schema and schema modifications in a traditional source control system like Git. "Version…
Read More - GOLANG6 min read
Don't Panic
When Tim , Aaron , and I started working on this problem in August 2018 we immediately began playing with Noms . It was an open source project that gave us a lot of the things Aaron and I had been talking about in order to deliver the feat...
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Uploading Files to DoltHub
Dolt is Git for data and DoltHub is our web application that houses Dolt repositories. A few weeks ago I wrote about merging pull requests on DoltHub and our roadmap for "edit on the web". We're working on reducing friction for collaboratin...
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A REST Service for Versioning DataFrames
We originally built Dolt because we thought that existing data distribution formats were broken. In particular, we believed that consumers of data should not have to parse various formats (CSV, JSON, etc.), write ingestion logic and decide on up...
Read More - DATASET10 min read
Debunking an election fraud claim using open data and Dolt
After four years of incredibly rancorous discourse about whether the US President was illegitimately elected with the help of foreign interference, it should surprise no one that the 2020 presidential election is mired in similar claims of…
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Supporting AUTO_INCREMENT
Dolt is a database built for collaboration and data distribution. It's "Git for Data," a SQL database you can branch, merge, diff, clone, fork, push and pull. We intend to become a fully MySQL compatible database. Today, we're announcing support ...
Read More - PYTHON7 min read
Doltpy: Dolt in Python
Dolt is a SQL database with Git-like version control features. It presents a familiar SQL interface while exposing Git-like primitives for versioning tables and their data. Doltpy is a Python API for interacting with Dolt in Python. This post detai...
Read More - DATASET2 min read
October Dataset Spotlight
Every month we highlight some interesting datasets on DoltHub. The focus is on new or updated datasets but sometimes we shed fresh light on a classic. For those new to Dolt and DoltHub , Dolt is Git for data. Git versions files. Dolt versio...
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Pushing down filters to make queries faster
Dolt is Git for Data, a SQL database you can branch, merge, clone, fork, sync, push and pull. Today we're excited to announce the release of a new optimization in the query planner: pushing down filters! What's a pushdown? Pushdown is a ...
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Asynchronous Sorting in Go
When we began working on Dolt we made the decision to build on top of Noms . Noms stores data in a content addressable DAG , and has countless applications. It was a great starting point for us to build Dolt , and it let us hit the ground...
Read More - WEB5 min read
Testing Login using Cypress
Dolt is Git for data and DoltHub is our web application that houses Dolt repositories. We use Cypress.io as our end-to-end testing solution for DoltHub. To learn more about our journey with Cypress, check out our previous blogs: W...
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We are Hiring
Dolt is a SQL database with Git-style versioning. DoltHub is a place on the internet to share Dolt databases. It takes a strong technical team to build a database from the storage engine up even when you get head start from open source p...
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Garbage Collection in Dolt
Dolt is a tool built for collaboration and data distribution. It's "Git for Data," a SQL database you can branch, merge, diff, clone, fork, push and pull. Today, we're announcing support for garbage collection in Dolt. To manage on-disk storage f...
Read More - USE CASEINTEGRATION3 min read
Using Dolt with Deepnote
Dolt is Git for data, a SQL database with Git-style versioning. DoltHub is a place on the internet to store and share Dolt databases. Python is the language of data science. As such, we created Doltpy , a Python interface to Dolt. We continu...
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Benchmarking Dolt with Sysbench
At DoltHub we are building Dolt , a relational database with Git-like version control features. Naturally we are interested in measuring the performance profile of Dolt, and we would also like to make it easy for contributors to assess the effect...
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Announcing Merge on DoltHub
Dolt is Git for data and DoltHub is our web application that houses Dolt repositories. Our goal is to make it easier to collaborate on data, and pull requests , or proposed changes to a repository, are an essential part of this process. Befo...
Read More - REFERENCEWEB5 min read
Data Collaboration on DoltHub
Dolt is a SQL database with Git-like functionality, including clone, fork, push, pull, branch, and merge. DoltHub is a place on the internet for hosting, publishing, sharing and collaborating on Dolt databases. A few weeks ago, we announced ...
Read More - FEATURE RELEASESQL8 min read
Announcing triggers
Dolt is Git for Data, a SQL database you can branch, merge, clone, fork, sync, push and pull. Today we're excited to announce a major new SQL feature: support for triggers! What's a trigger? Triggers are basically little SQL code snippet...
Read More - DATASET2 min read
September Dataset Spotlight
Every month we highlight some interesting datasets on DoltHub. The focus is on new or updated datasets but sometimes we shed fresh light on a classic. For those new to Dolt and DoltHub , Dolt is Git for data. Git versions files. Dolt versio...
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