November 2014

XLS is a file extension used for spreadsheets created using Microsoft’s Excel application. XLS was the extension which was used for Microsoft Excel files created before MS Excel 2007 was released.  MS Excel 2007 introduced a new file extension known as XSLS. This new file format utilized XML file formatting. The data storage technique in XLS is based on traditional BIFF (Binary Interchange File Format). In BIFF, data is first converted into the binary format [...]

In our previous articles, we provide detailed descriptions along with the pros and cons of some of the most popular and widely used database management systems. We discussed, MYSQL, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, and Postgres DB. In this article, we are going to present a comparison of these four famous database systems in tabular. Readers can view the comparison matrix and decide what type of Database Management System suffices their database application development needs. Comparison [...]