MATLAB Database Toolbox

Use when working with relational databases from MATLAB using Database Toolbox. Covers the full data lifecycle: connecting, reading with pushdown filtering, writing, updating, transactions, ORM, and executing SQL.

When to Use

• Connecting to relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, Oracle)
• Reading data with sqlread or fetch
• Filtering with RowFilter (pushdown to database)
• Writing data with sqlwrite
• Updating rows with sqlupdate
• Executing SQL statements with execute
• Managing transactions (AutoCommit, commit, rollback)
• Mapping MATLAB classes to database tables (ORM with Mappable)
• Running stored procedures or prepared statements
• Multithreaded database read/write with parfeval (R2026a+)
• User mentions: database, SQL, query, table, rows, insert, update, delete, transaction, multithreaded, parallel

When NOT to Use