When databases became available for the personal computer in the mid-1980s, they quickly gained a mystique as the ultimate productivity applications. Despite their widespread use, in some ways they ...

Once you have a database set up, sooner or later you will want to edit its tables or add a new record. You have four ways to do so. If you created a database using an existing OpenOffice.org Calc or ...

OpenOffice.orgs latest update includes a database that matches Microsofts popular and competing Access database, experts say. “Its definitely a big deal,” said Stephen OGrady, an analyst at the IT ...

Database normalization is the cornerstone of database theory. Once a database is normalized, relationships between the data in multiple tables must be established. A hefty part of designing a ...