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Linq Without SQL Engines

I’ve been using Linq a lot lately demonstrating set operations that were exclusively SQL work for me in the past. However, now I am working with a lot of data that does not come from a relational data store, and libraries such as Entity Framework have no impact on my work. I am gather sets of data from a multitude […]

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Database Design Interview Questions

Database Design Interview Questions Author: Basit A. Farooq In this article, we will outline questions suitable for a Database Developer/Database Analyst interview to assess the candidates skills related to database design. Question 1: What is Database Management System (DBMS)? Answer: The software that manages the storage and access to the data in the databases. Question 2: Describe the main phases...

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Wrapping SQL*Plus

(Michael McLaughlin) One annoying thing from installing Oracle Database 11g on Fedora, was that the up arrows for command history didn’t work. I decided to fix that today after seeing Lutz Hartmann’s article on rlwrap. Unfortunately, the epel (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) package he recommen