This article continues the discussion of materialized views and discusses how to set up and configure your Oracle database to use this powerful new feature.

Database development should no longer be separated from traditional app development; new tools and Web services help bring disciplines together.

Past-point-in-time views are essential for the construction of the analysis and validation files required for predictive models. Likewise, they support the creation of the underlying data required for ...

Why is there such pervasive abuse and misuse of database views today? Views are a helpful tool in building a business intelligence environment, yet many organizations establish practices that not only ...

The beauty and joy of a relational database is the concept of relational closure-everything is a table. Beyond the eponymous table, query results are also 'tables.' Any query serves as a table to be ...

Can one database accomplish all needs: magazine print and digital edition fulfillment, e-letter distribution, single-copy sales, conference attendance, prospecting?