Craig Mullins: Perspectives on Database Management
Database Fundamentals
Although most of the readers of this blog should understand the basic concepts and fundamentals of database technology, some folks who think they understand the basics often do not. So, this blog entry is intended to serve as a very short introduction to the fundamentals of database management systems.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
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Warning: Contains Geek Humor
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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Just a short entry to point you over to my DB2portal.com blog to read about my experiences at IDUG.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
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Friday, May 05, 2006
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Data breached at Ohio University; and a chronology of recent data breaches.
Friday, May 05, 2006
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There is still time to plan a trip to Tampa for the North American International DB2 User's Group conference.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
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I attended and spoke at the DAMA Symposium and Metadata Conference last week in Denver, CO. The event is trying something unique this year with a conference wiki...
Monday, May 01, 2006
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Kudos to Stephen Wynkoop at SSWUG for attempting to put together a code of ethics for database administrators.
Friday, April 28, 2006
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An interesting book for database users of all persuasions.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
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A recent blog entry I made here on the idea of having an oath, like the Hippocratic Oath taken by doctors, to be taken by data management professionals has sparked a lot of conversation.
Monday, April 17, 2006
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Florida exposes its citizens' data to identity thieves.
Friday, April 14, 2006
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Are we really ready to use technology in this way for democratic elections in the USA?
Thursday, April 13, 2006
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A new product that, if used properly, might minimize the impact of breached data...
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
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Sometimes the answer is not something shiny and new, but something old and reliable, like tape.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
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It sure seems like we have reached the tipping point for data breaches - there are new ones reported almost on a daily basis.
Friday, April 07, 2006
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...he might write a book like "The Art of SQL".
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
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Each year we are storing more and more data, so it is a good thing that disk drive technology is improving to keep up with that desire. Or is the desire growing because the technology is there to support it?
Monday, April 03, 2006
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Just a quick example of the bad data that exists everywhere.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
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How is a plumber like a DBA?
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
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Are you comfortable with allowing your tax return data to be sold to marketers? I'm not and here's a modest proposal for trying to combat the invasion of our data privacy...
Thursday, March 23, 2006
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