It is rare to find an implemented database devoid of reference tables. Reference tables provide valid values for drop-down lists and in a slightly obtuse way, also allow for expression of a domain or ...

When databases became available for the personal computer in the mid-1980s, they quickly gained a mystique as the ultimate productivity applications. Despite their widespread use, in some ways they ...

When working on a multidimensional design, every fact table within scope should be handled with care. In an ideal world, each low-level fact table represents the metrics related to a business event.

Prior to the release of Java 9, Apache Derby was distributed along with the JDK and named JavaDB. As a result, it was common for developers interested in Java database connectivity (JDBC) to learn on ...

SQL Server 2008 has some great new features. One of them is the new auditing capability. Now we can audit at the server, database and table level according to specifications provided by the DBA. We ...

How effective are free and open source data bases? For answers, we reviewed 6:: Microsoft SQL Server Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle's MySQL, MariaDB, Apache Derby and Firebird SQL. Free or open source ...

When developing database-driven .NET and .NET Core, regardless of the database we intend to deploy in the end, we will often want to work with a database engine that is lightweight and fast, in order ...