It’s tempting just to replicate all databases in the cloud, but it’s a much better approach to get your data house in order as part of the move. Last week I discussed database normalization as a best ...

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Database normalization is the cornerstone of database theory. Once a database is normalized, relationships between the data in multiple tables must be established. A hefty part of designing a ...

I have an order table that is an order for a customer. I need to reference as a foreign key an unknown number of products that could make up the order (product_id) how do I do this? What am I missing.

I’m having ‘Sixth Sense’ moments when I see dead databases walking. With GenAI poised to eat your data for lunch, it’s time to fix performance problems. “My cloud application is slow,” is a common ...

Many people seem to become filled with anxiety over the word “normalization.” Mentioning the word causes folks to slowly back away toward the exits. Why? What might have caused this data modeling ...

When normalizing data structures, attributes congregate around the business keys that identify the grain at which those attributes derive their values. Attributes directly related to a person, ...

Along with his far-right and white nationalist advisors, President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to assume the presidency and lead the nation. And, as they do so, the threat of their xenophobic, ...