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MySQL Stored Procedure

I am developing a database for an eCommerce website, I have written the stored procedure for the following tables, user_master, authentication_master, country_master, public_master. I have ...
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Store a formula in a table and use the formula in a function

I have a PostgreSQL 9.1 database where part of it handles agent commissions. Each agent has his/her own formula of calculation how much commission they get. I have a function to generate the amount of ...
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looping through a table type variable

I have a function that has one parameter of a table type, i want to loop through all the fields and return the column that has a null or empty value. CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ...
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Proper use of NULL, and utilizing CHECK constraints for business logic vs stored procedures

This question regards the proper use of NULL and utilizing CHECK constraints for business logic vs stored procedures. I have the following tables setup. I normalized the tables to avoid using ...
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Primary Key on a View

While answering this question How to add a Primary Key on a Oracle view? A lot of questions popped in my mind. 1. Is it advisable to have primary key in a view. 2. Why anybody be intrested in ...
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What's the best paradigm or design pattern for exception handling in a mission-critical DB driven web application?

I want to design a bullet-proof, fault tolerant, DB driven web application and was wondering on how to architect it. the system will have a asp.net UI, web services middle tier and SQL2005 back end. ...
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Examples of SQL transaction procedures for sales tracking or a financial database

I am making a database for an accounting/sales type system similar to a car sales database and would like to make some transactions for the following real world actions: salesman creates new product ...