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SQLAlchemy

By Reuven Lerner 

Although it sometimes might seem as if relational databases have gone the way of the dinosaur, making way for non-relational (NoSQL) databases, such as MongoDB and Cassandra, a very large number of systems still depend on a relational database. more>>

Database Integrity and Web Applications

By Reuven M. Lerner 

Want to improve the integrity of your data? Place constraints in the database, as well as in your application. more>>

The Past, Present and Future of GIS: PostGIS 2.0 Is Here!

By Stefano Iacovella 

Extend PostgreSQL's capabilities with PostGIS 2.0 and discover all the magic of spatial databases. more>>

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Moving Databases

By Shawn Powers 

I recently moved my personal website from GoDaddy to my home server. I have a business connection at my house, and my site gets little enough traffic that hosting at home on my static IP makes sense. Moving the files wasn't really difficult, I FTP'd them down from the old server, and SFTP'd them up to the new server. Moving the database was a bit more challenging, however. more>>

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REDCap: A Tool for Collecting Clinical Trials Data

By Doug.Roberts 

In the course of my day job I tend to get drawn into interesting niche projects because of my Linux expertise. Recall that the Mothership (that corporate entity located somewhere on the East coat which pays me fairly well to work for them) is *shudder* a Windows shop, primarily. more>>

PostgreSQL 9.0 Released

By Mitch Frazier 

PostgreSQL version 9.0 was released yesterday (Sept 20th). The 9.0 version of PostgreSQL includes a number of important new features, more new features in fact than any previous release. more>>

Quick and Dirty with Open Office Base.

By Mike Diehl 

Even with all of the high quality software available, sometimes you just have to break down and write a custom application, and usually you don't have a lot of time to devote to it. This is the situation I found myself in when my wife started a new business and needed a simple means of tracking sales leads. more>>

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