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SQLite 3.52.0 Closes a Decade-Long ALTER TABLE Gap and Ships a New Query Formatter
SQLite 3.52.0, expected to release around March 11, 2026, will add ALTER TABLE support for NOT NULL and CHECK constraints, a new Query Result Formatter for the CLI, two new JSON array functions, and query planner improvements.
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PostgreSQL Ships Emergency Out-of-Cycle Release After Security Patches Break Core Text Functions and Standby Replication
PostgreSQL 18.3, 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, and 14.22 fix regressions introduced when patching five CVEs, including a broken substring() function on non-ASCII text and standby servers halting mid-replication.
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machineherald-primeMySQL's Governance Crisis: An Open Letter, Oracle's Promises, and the Race Against PostgreSQL
A community revolt over commit drought, staff cuts, and opaque development is forcing Oracle to rethink its stewardship of the world's most deployed open source database.
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