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January 2007 - Posts

• Database Archiving

  If you are a regular reader of my other blogs you know that I have written about the topic of database archiving before. But, for the most part, I have written about the topic from a high-level perspective. That is, I've discussed the market forces Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:33 PM by cmullins | 9 Comments Filed under: database archive

• Deleting N Rows From a DB2 Table

  I receive quite a few questions via e-mail. That is fine, but I don't always get a chance to respond to everything. So, every now and then, I will use one of the e-mail questions in my in-box and write about it in my blog. Today's question is Read More... Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:03 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: db2

• A Bill of Rights for Data Users?

  Every now and then I run across something that intrigues me significantly enough that I have to write about and share it with folks. The Data Governance Institute ’s Data Users' Bill of Rights is one such animal. As regular readers of my various Read More... Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:43 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: data governance

• A Wiki on Modern Structured Analysis

  Just a short blog entry today to point you to an all-time classic in the history of computing that is now available on-line, and for free! I am reasonably sure that anyone with a degree in computer science has at least heard of, if not attended a class Read More... Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 10:40 AM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: misc

• The Importance of Metadata, Part 4

  The first three installments of this series on the importance of metadata covered most of the basics: defining metadata , differentiating types of metadata , and the basics of storing metadata . At this point, I'd like to discuss modeling and metadata Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:16 AM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: metadata

• The Importance of Metadata, Part 3

  Well, it is a new year, but I am going to continue my series of recent posts on metadata and its importance. In part one , I provided a high-level definition of metadata and in part two , I diuscussed the difference between technology metadata and business Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:01 PM by cmullins | 2 Comments Filed under: metadata