Here are the details to two versions of Product Tables, one for Access 2000/97 and one for SQL Server 7. Not all of these fields are necessary in one database. For example, with Size and color you can ...

SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and querying ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering nearly every stage of the software development lifecycle. From code generation to ...

SQL Bulk Insert has been tuned over the years to work well with the Microsoft .NET Framework. This tutorial shows you how to take advantage of its power. SQL Bulk Insert is not a new technology. In ...

Database applications serve a vital role in today’s information world, providing structured storage, access, and retrieval of organizational data. This course will explore the principles and practices ...

I started out in Database Design early in my application development career. I still remember being issued with an official IBM stencil for drawing Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs). Change ...

One of the interesting design challenges facing the people supporting the IEED research effort discussed yesterday involves how much of the key applications to embed in the database design. In that ...

Database normalization is the cornerstone of database theory. Once a database is normalized, relationships between the data in multiple tables must be established. A hefty part of designing a ...

Database admins strive to ensure that large chunks of data are both accessible and stored with integrity. By using these programming languages, they can keep systems optimized. As data volumes ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...