Any data that does not fall into the traditional field structure (alpha, numeric, dates) of a relational DBMS. Examples of complex data types are bills of materials, word processing documents ...

But just specifying a numeric data type puts the onus on the DBMS, where it should be, to assure that the data is numeric only. Choosing the wrong data type can impact performance, too. Relational ...

“Advanced types of database management systems are designed to store data from a variety of media sources such as texts and photographs, and can produce output in a multimedia format,” says a ...

The rise of big data has garnered much of the attention in the data management arena lately. But it is not simply the sheer volume of data that is challenging data professionals. Many new types and ...

How Databases Are Related To Business Intelligence? Databases are the foundation for efficient data storage in business intelligence. BI queries, like reports, are based on database data. In order for ...