Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Anatomy of a Data Management Project: Distribution Independence

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The term "distributed" is thrown around a lot these days. Hype notwithstanding, just as with analytics and data science, distribu...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

Thinking Logically: SQL, NoSQL and the Relational Model

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I very much doubt that somebody who does not think logically can be a fully competent database professional. From a LinkedIn exchange, an a...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

Weekly Update

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1. Quote of the Week A view is a logical table based on one or more tables or another view.View can be thought as a virtual table which ...
Monday, February 10, 2014

"Denormalization for Performance": Don't Blame the Relational Model

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  REVISED: 10/18/16 Many common misconceptions are excellent indicators of poor grasp, if any, of  the relational data model (RDM). One of...
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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Weekly Update (Revised 2/3)

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1. Quote of the Week Observe the trend of NoSQL growth, revenue will trail along irrespective. In the industry, only with respect to non...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Causality, Uncertainty & Actionability in Analytics

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In analytics, it's much easier to "fish" for correlations and try to explain them post-hoc than to develop mutually exclusive...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Weekly Update

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1.   Quote of the Week I do not understand your first point. Even a database designed with only 1NF can have integrity if other methods a...