What is a split database?

What is a split database?

Divide and Conquer This Thursday is Thanksgiving in the US. There will be much to do. Someone has to prepare the turkey, and then someone has to cook it.  Someone has to wash and peel potatoes before they are mashed and cooked. Then there’s the cranberry sauce,...
Input Masks: Face Masks for Data

Input Masks: Face Masks for Data

What is an input mask? An input mask is like a face mask. A face mask covers the opening (mouth) that otherwise would allow bad things into the human body. An input mask is similar. It acts like a mask by preventing bad things from being entered into a database field....
What is a field?

What is a field?

According to the Oxford dictionary a field is “an area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences.” A farmer may have many fields; some that grow cotton, others that grow corn, or wheat or potatoes. Some, as shown...