DBPD Online Article Index

Features
According to Date
E-Database
Temporal Applications

Features

Breaking the Relational Taboo
Michael J. Kamfonas The ability to represent dimensions as recursive hierarchies can be a valuable addition to the data warehouse designer's toolbox.
November 3, 1998

Modeling History for the Data Warehouse
Tim Quinlan, Roger Gilbert, and Matthew Ferguson At long last--a model that standardizes the creation and maintenance of history tables in the data warehouse.
November 3, 1998

Getting to Know the Sybase Optimizer
Paul Richardson and Michelle Farahbaksh Choosing the most efficient query access method with the Sybase optimizer.
October 12, 1998

According to Date

Decent Exposure
C.J.Date A brief look at some fundamental ideas from The Third Manifesto.
November 3, 1998

Persistence Not Orthogonal to Type
C.J.Date Why the relational model is powerful enough to support object data.
October 12, 1998

E-Database

A Tree Grows in PERL
Brian Jepson News and tips from the world of Perl
October 12, 1998

Temporal Applications

Referential Integrity over Time-Varying Tables
Rick Snodgrass Temporal fixes for merging legacy data systems
October 12, 1998