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How to Use a MySQL Database in a Perl Program
A MySQL database will always form a suitable backend for any application, and the Perl programmer will find that this can be achieved very easily.
How to Use Business Rules in a MySQL Database
Business rules are incredibly important to every organisation. They can be made application independent by placing them in a MySQL database.
How To Create an OpenOffice.org Database Log On
When looking an OpenOffice.org database there is no way of adding user accounts. Not directly, anyway. The secret is to use a little bit of SQL.
How to Create a Self Registering Base Database
With the release of OpenOffice.org 3.1 the programmer can do something important. They can add a macro to a database and they can run it automatically.
How to Create OpenOffice.org Database Macros
Release 3.1 of OpenOffice.org gives programmers a new facility - the ability to save macros as part of a database file.
How to Update A MySQL Database with C#
It is important to keep the contents of a database up to date. It's fortunate, therefore, that C# and the MySQL .NET connector make that an easy task.
How to Add Records to MySQL With C#
As well as viewing data in a MySQL database, a C# programmer can add information by using the SQL insert statement and the MySQL .NET connector
Connecting to MySQL from PowerShell
PowerShell is Microsoft's .NET scripting language. If the programmer combines this with the MySQL .NET connector then they can build a very powerful database application
Programming Inner and Outer Joins in a Query
SQL queries can extract data from single or multiple tables. How that data is extracts greatly affects what the programmer can obtains - and it all comes down to the join
Working with Records and Fields in VBScript
VBScript (the scripting language for Visual Basic) can make the processing of records and fields in a recordset very easy for the database programmer.
Microsoft Access Stored Queries and VBscript
A programmer does not actually have to open a Microsoft Access database in order to create or modify a stored query - that can be done by using VBScript
How to Use SQL Statements with VBScript
The contents of a database (such as Microsoft Access) can be examined and modified by using VBScript and the insert, update, delete and select statements.
Using Microsoft Access without Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is a very powerful database - so powerful that that a VBScript programmer doesn't even need to install it in order to use it.
How to Create an Access Database with VBScript
There is no need for a database designer to manually create a Microsoft Access database - they can automate the process using VBScript.
MySQL Stored Procedures and Triggers
MySQL stored procedures and triggers are a powerful tool in the hands of a database developer. This articles looks at how to use them to automate tasks on a database.
MySQL Stored Procedures and Functions
Oracle, unlike MySQL, has stored procedures and functions available for the database developer, giving Oracle a major advantage. That's all changed with MySQL 5.


Contributing Articles in Database Programming

Introduction to SQL: SELECT, FROM, WHERE & More
SQL is a query language used with relational databases. INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE manipulate tables while SELECT, FROM and WHERE are useful commands for returning data.
Introduction to SQL: Getting Started
Structured query language (SQL) is used to create databases, and retrieve and manipulate data. It is the standard query language for relational database management system
MYSQL Custom Field Sorting Revisited
At times in MYSQL an unnatural sort is required. This article presents an easy to maintain set of tables where sorting a table in any order can be easily defined.
MYSQL Custom Field Sorting
In MYSQL the sorting of recordset data can be easily setup and maintained with a few custom tables and a little thought.
What is a Relational Database Management System?
The advent of relational databases ushered in more efficient data storage practices. It lessened the unwanted duplication of data and made information more consistent.
Applying Referential Integrity to a Database
When not properly linked, badly connected tables can cause inefficiency to data retrieval. Eventually the database needs to be fixed by hand, at cost.
Transact-SQL Primer: Inner Join
A basic SQL concept that should be mastered is that of "joins." Joins allow for the display of data from different tables to be combined with specific relationships.
SQL Server Transact-SQL Primer
SQL programming is at the heart of today's Web 2.0 applications. Learn the basic 4 commands SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT and DELETE.
Install SQL Server 2005 Express
Ready to start programming SQL Server 2005? Here is a concise walk-through of the steps for obtaining and installing all the necessary software.
Programming MS Access Applications
An industry application written in Access 2007 is presented for inspection to learn how applications can be made more professional, using macros and VBA programming.