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Neo-looked confused. "Programs hacking programs?" To which the Oracle replied, "At some time, a program was written to govern everything. The only time you see a program is when it's malfunctioning, and needs to be replaced, or exiled." Jack, I know you are new in the IT department, but I can't emphasize enough the need for you to take the Oracle's advice. We want our software, CRM modules, and sales processing databases to function without being seen. We don't need any programs fowling up other programs. I don't want to have to fight any 'vampires' or 'ghost twins' because you have allowed the database data dictionary to get corrupted.
The data dictionary is a tool which keeps the other programs up-to-date, and feeds information to the other querying programs as to what to expect from the data they are receiving. The data dictionary is a separate, and important indexing database which we use in database management systems. It is composed of a file that defines the basic organization of a database, and contains a list of all files in the database, including the number of records in each file, and the names and types of each field, Etc. Most database management systems, including the system we use, keep the data dictionary hidden from users to prevent them from accidentally destroying its contents. Part of your job responsibility is to maintain this dictionary, and re-index it on a regular basis so as to keep the rest of the company software glitch-free.
While this sound like an important task and it is, the job is much simpler now that we have installed a self updating data dictionary. In the past, at the end of each sales day, the data dictionary had to be manually updated from summary reports which were received from every department. You can imagine the snafu that occurred...
SQL Concepts and Database Design Project Description Objective of this technical paper is to provide the database design and documentation for a finance industry to meet the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. The report aims to prepare the documentation of the sales database of the organization. However, data dictionary is very critical to enhance proper functioning of a database since it holds information about the database as well as the data it stores. This
A patchwork of laws provided narrow privacy protections for selected health data and certain keepers of that data." (Administrative Simplification in the Health Care Industry) Therefore, new technologies such as relational databases have simplified the data gathering and maintenance processes of all types of healthcare related data like the physician information process. It is not unheard of today for healthcare and insurance providers matching or 'sinking data' on a
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