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Are there any standard for exchanging rules rather than data?

Just out of curiosity. There are many open standards for data exchange, as well as standards for exchanging code (jsonp, for example). But are there any standards for exchanging formulas/rules, for ...
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What are some important analytics for a SaaS Product Dashboard? [closed]

Question: What are some important analytics for a SaaS Product Dashboard? Background: I will be making a dashboard for administration of our product. In this dashboard gathering some analytics for a ...
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Multiple Display of a Document and persist each viewer change in a single document

i have a scenario where i have to make available a document for viewing and editing to multiple users, the users can edit and view the document at the same time. Now the problem arises here if for ...
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Referential integrity in a database where tuples are not physically deleted

Many modern Relational Database Management Systems automatically support referential integrity, i.e. when you try to delete a tuple which has a reference (in the form of foreign key, for example), the ...
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Do I need to know databases like Oracle or SQL Server for a data analyst role? [closed]

I know only MySQL and do web application programming and Linux system administration. I have also started learning AI and machine learning. I want to go into data analysis. Do I need to know MS SQL ...
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Are there best practices for checking for errors in business logic for DB refreshes?

I'm working for a company with very large databases which all refresh overnight, ready for users to interrogate in the morning. These over night loads essentially truncate all the tables, and reload ...
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Data acquisition, storage and management

I have a device that can measure different values over time, one sample per second. After one measurement run I can export the data in form of a CSV-file. One row per second with timestamp and about ...
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what is the benefit of using key/value stores with respect to database sharding?

What has key/value stores got to do with making database sharding easier? Because if I do not use a key/value store, I can easily shard my database too right? (Like say, I can easily say users with ...
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How to decide between storage formats and what are example use cases for some of them?

We have different ways to store program data (save files in games, employee databases, program configuration etc.): Plain text (think .ini and .conf) XML Databases (MySQL, SQLite...) .zip and ...
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Starter BOOKS On Data Analytics and Algorithms in Computer Science

Am Programmer cum Co-Founder of Start-up,Am a computer Science Graduate though am not good at Algorithms,I want to learn and sharp that side.Please suggest me some nice books for starters and Advance ...
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Is there a list of common usernames to reserve in a new system?

I need to reserve usernames in my new website. These generally fall into three categories 1) usernames no-one should have (eg: admin, user, service, help, root, etc) 2) names of super famous people ...