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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:42 PM

Using Metadata to the Full – Part 1

As I discussed in Part 2 of my series on "Designing a Database" there are, in general terms, three categories of data: either Core, Processor Metadata. In simple terms Core data is defined as information that cannot be derived, it must be input directly
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Sunday, December 21, 2008 1:48 PM

DataSessions In Visual FoxPro

It has been a while since I wrote something specifically related to VFP, so here goes. Recently I have seen a spate of questions, in various forums, relating to data sessions and their purpose and use. It is clear that although the concept has been around
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Sunday, December 14, 2008 3:20 PM

Designing a Database - Part 5

So far I been concentrating on the logical design for a database – the system scope, types of tables, relational patterns and rule management. The next stage is to consider the physical design which is, after all, what an application will have to deal
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Sunday, December 07, 2008 12:25 PM

Designing a Database - Part 4

In the previous three articles I have talked about the various components that comprise a database design. The logical model, and how it relates to the business process, the various structural patterns for tables and the relational patterns that we use
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