Welcome to Smart Database Info

We are in the process of transforming this site into a cornucopia of business and personal topics. The Smart Database Info site expects to discuss the advantages that come to those who adapt even a simple database or data storage framework to information related to their topics of interest. It will take us some time [...]

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A Truly Effective Database Starts With The Right Input

Market research is the key to running a successful business, whether that business is a multi-million dollar corporation or a local grocery store.  It’s all about knowing who your customers are, what they need and how you can best deliver it to them.  The better acclimated you are to your customers, the better your chances [...]

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Database Design and Avoiding Requirements Analysis Mistakes

Requirements analysis mistakes serve as the most troublesome aspect of a good database design. Design mistakes are often the result of a shallow or poorly conducted requirements analysis scenario. And even for the experienced developer, it is almost impossible to build a software application that meets most of business needs once the requirement analysis is [...]

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Database Driven Issue Management

No matter what industry you are in, you are faced daily with issues that need to be resolved. If you are a manufacturer it might be defects that result in scrapped material, delayed shipments and cost overruns. If you are a software developer it might be coding errors in a released product which are affecting [...]

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Enhanced Requirements Embedded as Metadata into your Business Database

A scripted database-design approach will allow you to embed the current and future needs of your business into a dedicated set of metadata tables. This will ensure continuity of your business needs because the metadata tables can be updated during and after the design process has reached its primary iterative conclusion. The mapping of cost [...]

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XML Databases Dynamically Redefine Meta-Databases

More and more implementations of XML related software are beginning to prove that the tree-like structures of XML databases may be the best useful working models of meta-databases with web service connections implementing web applications. As you know, metadata is essential for understanding information stored in relational databases through schemas and other descriptors and has [...]

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