Using the connection information provided during creation of the access descriptor, the SAS/ACCESS interface calls the DBMS to connect to the database. The SAS System constructs a SELECT statement ...

This is a sad, but too often true, commentary on the state of database administration in many organizations. DBMS software is complex and few people understand more than just the basics (like SQL).

A person responsible for the design and management of an organization's databases as well as the evaluation, selection and implementation of the database management system (DBMS) software. The ...

One of the ongoing goals of database administration is to minimize downtime and improve availability. If the DBMS is down, data cannot be accessed. If the data is not available, applications cannot ...

In some ways, the job of a database administrator is similar today to what it was in the earlier days. “Today, we’re able to do things more quickly, we’re able to automate a lot of things ...

Database administrators (DBAs) have been the gatekeepers to a business’s most valuable asset: its data. They design, implement, and maintain the business’s database systems; establish policies ...

An index is a database object that speeds data retrieval by directing the DBMS to the location in storage of a particular row for a given column. Indexes are usually created with the SQL statement ...