For example, if designers think most children ... Jehangir Amjad, an MIT software engineer who works on large-scale database system design, believes that the solution lies in more creative future ...

Analyzes design of data systems, including data stored in file systems, database management systems and physical data organizations. Studies calculus of data models, query languages, concurrency and ...

A classic example of relational database design, this would be nearly impossible to do in a spreadsheet but was easy to put together in Airtable. Airtable is easy partly because its developers ...

There are a variety of design considerations ... "type" of data. For example, a social security number might get the same key regardless of the table it's in. Keys should be kept in separate databases ...

It is a good practice to actively monitor the database objects in the system catalog and delete obsolete objects. For example, in DB2 for z/OS, IBM delivers sample tables with every new version. The ...