General DB Topics - DB Theory

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Development as Configuration	28 May 2005 21:40 GMT	23
http://news.com.com/BEA+reaches+beyond+Java+roots/2100-1012_3-5690118.html?tag=n efd.top Here is a choice quote: "But rather than write Java to build applications, the forthcoming BEA line will allow a person to assemble a program with visual tools and minimal
Glossary 0.0.4 (repost)	26 May 2005 23:36 GMT	6
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deductive databases	22 May 2005 16:54 GMT	109
Nilsson's book [1] talks about using first-order logic (and its subsets) as the language for deductive databases. The book is 10 years old, and yet, AFAIK the expressive power of modern state-of-art database software like Oracle and PostgreSQL still falls far behind first-order ...
Database in Depth	22 May 2005 14:20 GMT	7
This new book by C.J.Date, is there a table of content online anywhere?
Self documenting program in SQL	21 May 2005 11:40 GMT	2
Did anybody write a query that duplicates itself as an output in SQL yet? In the list of languages at http://www.nyx.net/~gthompso/quine.htm SQL is absent. No cheating, please, like the one below exploring
Search in NestedSets	20 May 2005 12:25 GMT	8
hello everyone... i hope i am right here with my problem. this is what driving me nuts since a long time: i have 3 tables, one for adresses, one for a structure and one for
Reverse pattern matching	18 May 2005 18:05 GMT	3
I encountered an unusual problem and wonder if anyone had some similar experience. I have a table T where the column contains text values with wild cards and a query contain exact value. For example ------------------------
what data models cant do	18 May 2005 00:15 GMT	10
"Kenneth Downs" <knode.wants.this@see.sigblock> wrote elsewhere: > IMHO the unified theory describes data organized into tables but which > contains system-managed columns and tables. Because all business rules > resolve to database specifications, we are not so much seeking a ...
Totally shamless self-promotion	11 May 2005 22:14 GMT	6
This is a shameless plug. My new book, SQL PROGRAMMING STYLE is out now. Joe Celko's SQL Programming Style by Joe Celko
database architecture for graph	11 May 2005 01:16 GMT	4
Does anyone know the best way to store a directed acyclic graph in an SQL database? Thanks.
Access Bankng Solution	10 May 2005 19:45 GMT	3
I am going to develop a Banking Solution for very small branches of a Bank. The branches are standalone and no remote transactions will be made i.e. only the individual branch will be under networking and there will be no networking between the branches. The branches have maximum
Modelling Disparate Computer Systems (with xrdb)	10 May 2005 19:37 GMT	2
This example models 10 computer systems, each quite different than the other. A portion of the script to create and select the first system is shown below. Once entered, a user can view the details of each systems by simply expanding tree nodes instead of having to perform joins. ...
Some Hype on "new" databases	10 May 2005 12:00 GMT	20
Be warned, don't read this one on a full stomach: http://www.acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=293 This might interest Mountain Man: "That?s to say that data and procedures are being joined at long last?albeit
Modelling Considered Harmful	08 May 2005 21:12 GMT	42
I wonder if anybody would care to dispute the thesis that use of the term "modelling" with regard to databases does more harm than good. The case can also be stated that databases are NOT models of reality. They are rather record-keeping systems. If it can be shown that ...
[OT] Time Travellers' Convention	07 May 2005 21:39 GMT	2
A student at MIT is hosting the worlds ONLY time travellers' convention this Saturday. Naturally there only needs to be one, because of course if you like it you can just go back.