It’s tempting just to replicate all databases in the cloud, but it’s a much better approach to get your data house in order as part of the move. Last week I discussed database normalization as a best ...

Finding all of your raw software data overwhelming? Struggling to take actionable information away from it? Software normalization (or recognition as it’s also known) isn’t particularly new, but it’s ...

I have an order table that is an order for a customer. I need to reference as a foreign key an unknown number of products that could make up the order (product_id) how do I do this? What am I missing.

Many people seem to become filled with anxiety over the word “normalization.” Mentioning the word causes folks to slowly back away toward the exits. Why? What might have caused this data modeling ...

When normalizing data structures, attributes congregate around the business keys that identify the grain at which those attributes derive their values. Attributes directly related to a person, ...