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This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is an RDF store database? RDF stores enable modeling, representation and ...

Many people claim to understand the basics of good data and database hygiene. Often, these same people claim it is all very simple and very obvious. However, when peering into existing code and ...

I've been working with SQL Server for over 20 years now, Generally, I limit my tools to the things I might expect to find in a given client environment. My toolbox typically includes the tools that ...

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One dilemma of deployment is what to do about a SQL database. For easy deployment of a Java application, you've probably used tools like Web Start to let the application download and run in almost a ...

I am doing a research presentation, and have been running into alot of database stuff I only "kind of" understand. I was wondering if someone here could just give me basic definitions for these two ...