I have written ddlsuite.py, a script to submit .sql files for refactoring a Firebird database. Provided you keep the .sql files under version control it should...
I subscribe to the conventional wisdom that it is baaaaaaad to embed business info in a database key. However, I'm tempted to make an exception and would be...
There is a place for an EAV database architecture. Its probably not a fairly standard OLTP application, for the reasons that Martin lists below. There's not...
I was reading the chapter "5 - normalization Process", page 161 in "database design" on Teradata site and came across a QA for "Foreign Key Domains" that left...
My December column in DDJ entitled "Ensuring Database Quality" is posted at http://www.ddj.com/dept/architect/193402922?cid=Ambysoft . The article describes...
As developers strive for continuous integration, with nightly builds of code developed and unit tested everyday, I think development DBAs need the ability to...
Scott Ambler wrote: (snip) But what if we developed the tests for our database in parallel to developing the tests for our application code? What if we...
Do anyone can provide a sample exam with answer schema or may recommend a website on that above subject. Thank you, part time lecturer ... Get your email and...
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Hi, We are doing a project of data migration, basically moving the data from different sources and put into once single repository(i can say kind of operation...
After several months of development, the Sundog Database Refactoring tool version 0.5 has been released. The most significant change is switching to an LGPL...
Sorry about this folks. I'm still being spoofed. This weekend I'm going to start to deal with this issue. Pramod, in the mean time could you please set up...
Last night 60 Minutes did a piece on the "No Fly List" and the ongoing data quality problems surrounding it. If you missed the show there's a write up at ...
Hi Scott -- You wrote... If your software manipulates data, then clearly you need to consider data management issues. I believe that we need to develop...
In early July I ran a survey for Dr. Dobb's Journal investigating the current state of data management practices. Links to the article, a summary presentation...
I forwarded the original CFP a few weeks ago and just wanted to share this reminder with everyone. I've spoken at this conference before and can highly...
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My article "Test Driven Database Development" appears in the current issue of TASSQuarterly magazine (http://www.tassq.org/quarterly/). The issue itself is...
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It must be remebered also that there are fundamental differences between: - Code that is generated as a product of a build (purely configuration driven...
Below is a CFP that I received earlier today for Collaborate'07. I've spoken at this conference in the past and it's pretty good. I would really like to see...
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Are there tools available for determining, in an automated and accurate fashion, any and all code that would be impacted by a potential database refactoring?...
