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Declarative SQL: Using References
There are several ingenious ways of using SQL References to enforce integrity declaratively. Declarative Referential Integrity (DRI) is more effective than using procedural code in triggers, procedures or application layers because it uses the SQL paradigm, thereby making optimisation easier and providing clearer expression of the rules underlying the data. Joe Celko explains.
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Both management and various departments rely on data reports to help guide their business decisions. Rob Gravelle presents ten open source and commercial report generation tools for MySQL and other relational databases.
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Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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