Learning to write an UPDATE SQL Query
Reading from a data source
Last time we listed out several things that can be done with or to a data source. Now all of the examples we’ll be using in this series will use a database as a data source. It will allow us to discuss another of my favorite topics — SQL — while we talk about what…… Continue reading Reading from a data source
What is not a data source?
What can’t be used as a data source? Let me explain…
Data Sources
Data Sources! Data Sources! Data Sources! Yes, that’s a throwback to one of my favorite tech memes of all time – with Steve Ballmer (CEO of Microsoft at the time.) So, in all its shining glory I present: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhh_GeBPOhs] Where would we be without the lowly data source? Absolutely Nowhere! What really is a…… Continue reading Data Sources
Data
The very definition of Data is the factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation. [Source] The data that I work with on a daily basis. The life blood of a company. Without data, no company can expect to make intellectual decisions that will affect their outcome positively. Without…… Continue reading Data
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
Thus, begins one of the greatest stories of all time, or at least so I’m told. And so, begins my blog. I figure if it’s good enough for Charles Dickens, it’s good enough for me. The impetus behind this blog is to help the “normal” person make sense out of the more technical things that…… Continue reading It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.