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January 29, 2007

DB2 for z/OS and DST

Will this year's monkeying around with daylight savings time impact DB2 for z/OS?

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 3:42 PM

Date on Database

An educational and eminently readable new book from the czar of database systems, Chris Date.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 10:50 AM

January 24, 2007

The Ascent of Metadata

The importance of metadata is rising - and many organizations are beginning embrace metadata as a means to regulatory compliance.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 11:17 PM

January 17, 2007

Musical Metadata: Part 5

Genre can be a tricky piece of metadata to populate accurately.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 11:35 AM

January 15, 2007

Musical Metadata: Part 4

Dealing with artist name issues.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 1:12 PM

January 12, 2007

Musical Metadata: Part 3

Continuing our exploration of the metadata issues involved in handling MP3s and iPods.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 10:56 AM

January 9, 2007

Musical Metadata: Part 2

Yesterday I blogged about the importance of metadata when using an iPod (or any MP3 player). Let's explore this further, starting with... the music is the data, so what is the metadata?

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 2:11 PM

January 8, 2007

Musical Metadata: Part 1

Thoughts inspired by my new iPod.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 10:01 AM

January 5, 2007

Add Another SQL Book to the List

"SQL Hacks" by Andrew Cumming Gordon Russell is recommended SQL reading.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 11:03 AM

January 2, 2007

Legal Requirements to Archive Database Data

Continuing along the vein of my past few blog entries, we look at the legal mandate for data retention.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 2:09 PM