SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale. One of the most fundamental choices to make when developing ...

In 2019, researchers from three universities reviewed 145 empirical studies on the effects of constraints on creativity and innovation. They found that as long as constraints were delivered in a ...

A contrived example: Say we have two types of tools: hammers and wrenches. We have a list of work orders, and we want to track what tool was used for the ...

Aqarios' platform Luna v1.0 marks a major milestone in quantum optimization. This release significantly improves usability, ...

Example 2: Creating Integrity Constraints with the SQL Procedure. The following sample program creates integrity constraints using the SQL procedure. The data file PEOPLE lists employees and contains ...

By using cascading referential integrity constraints, you can define the actions that SQL Server 2005 takes when a user tries to delete or update a key to which existing foreign keys point. Skip ...

SQL Server 2000I need to change the collation for a database from case senstitive to case insensitive. ALTER DATABASE COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CI_AS When I try to so, I get a whole slew of ...

In particular, I often look up constraints in SQL*Plus. In this post, I look at the Oracle database views and queries that I use most to get an idea what constraints I am dealing with.

Theory of Constraints and Operational Measures. The theory of constraints, developed by Dr. Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt in the 1980s, identifies factors preventing your company from reaching its goals.

That's part of our job as creatives, to work within those constraints. Constraints are NORMAL, and they were always generous, and I always had final say on anything creative. But they do exist.