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• What is a physical database?

  A bit of terminology that gets beaten to death is that of the “physical” database.  I would think most every DBA uses this term (I do), but…to mean what?  I think there are two common utilizations: The layer of tables, constraints, indexes, Read More... Posted Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:26 PM by drsql | 4 Comments Filed under: Database Design, Best Practices, Development, Writing, Requirements, Design, Terminology

• Requirements vs Architecture

  Okay, so on the first look this sounds like the most boring Japanese action movie ever. Requirements is tearing through the village, and Architecture is in the city.  Developers by the horde are trying to code both of these into oblivion…Maybe not.  Read More... Posted Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:30 PM by drsql | 2 Comments Filed under: Database Design, Best Practices, Requirements, Design