I went to the All Your Base database conference last week and while there it struck me that people mean really, really different things when they talk about data, even within the same business. My background is in data analysis, so to me until very recently ‘data’ pretty much only related to enterprise data or … Continue reading
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For Data Wizards Everywhere
Today’s discussion topic is the similitude between querying databases and casting spells. If you are not a person who deals frequently with databases, that probably means nothing to you. Actually, I imagine many of you who do deal frequently with databases are equally mystified. I shall endeavor to explain. Databases are made up of tables. … Continue reading