While good database design is always necessary, the value of good design is reinforced by such endeavors as service-oriented architecture. The semantics-laden engineering of service-oriented tactics ...

Knowing what you want from SQL Server is probably the biggest step toward running it successfully in business applications, according to consultant Koen Verbeeck. It's not just about knowing how SQL ...

Despite all the hoopla about Hadoop, NoSQL databases and other big data technologies, relational database management systems continue to be the cornerstone of the IT infrastructure for processing, ...

Even with established, functioning databases, there are many places where good database design (or modification) can result in better, more accurate, and more effective data management. While it is ...

An entity relationship (ER) diagram is a visual way to show how information is organized in a database.

Similarly, good database design need not worry so much about describing an objective reality. Arcs or straight lines, or even dashed lines are fine. If indeed an absolute objective reality were needed ...