Department of Redundancy Department
Ever wonder all the reasons that we use databases instead of file systems? While we don’t think of it too much anymore, the first reason that databases came into existence was to remove redundancies.
2024-04-12
Ever wonder all the reasons that we use databases instead of file systems? While we don’t think of it too much anymore, the first reason that databases came into existence was to remove redundancies.
2024-04-12
2024-01-05
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2023-11-27
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Today Steve talks about data modeling and how standards can transfer knowledge between developers.
2023-11-22
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Dr. Codd first described the relational model in a paper in Communications of the ACM (CACM 13 No 6; June 1970). Some more work followed up after that by other people, giving us normal forms and other things we have taken for granted for 50+ years.
2023-10-27
Several data management patterns have emerged for microservices and cloud-native solutions. Learn important patterns to manage data in a distributed environment.
2023-10-18
Find out how good database design is essential to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity and that databases are efficient, reliable, and easy to use.
2023-10-16
One of the challenges for many database developers is coming up with a good design that not only meets the specifications but also performs well in queries. Relational databases often seek some level of normalization, which reduces the update load for a system but might require more effort work from developers to write queries. Many […]
2023-09-22
2,206 reads
A fun contest from Steve asks you to design a system that tracks travels for a fictitious business.
2023-08-11
1,693 reads
The most common method on the internet for combining DATE and TIME columns in SQL Server is incorrect. This article demonstrates why that and other methods are incorrect and two lesser known high performance methods that produce correct results even for the "edge cases".
2023-08-07
21,595 reads
By Steve Jones
SQL Bits 2025 was amazing, as always. It’s been my favorite conference to attend,...
By Rohit Garg
As data becomes the backbone of modern business, understanding how to manage and analyze...
Here’s how these tools can make Kubernetes security easier and help you avoid common...
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