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Databases for Small Business: Essentials of Database Management, Data Analysis,and Staff Training for Entrepreneurs and Professionals
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Databases for Small Business: Essentials of Database Management, Data Analysis,and Staff Training for Entrepreneurs and Professionals

by Anna Manning
November 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
336 pages
7h
English
Apress
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CHAPTER  11

Maintaining Your Database

Database maintenance aims to keep a database running smoothly. Databases are not static; data is added, deleted, and moved around and, over time, such changes can cause the database to become sluggish. A poorly performing database can cost you money and waste users’ time. Database maintenance includes backing up your database, compacting the database, and protecting the data. There are overlaps between this chapter and data cleansing, which is discussed in Chapter 10. This chapter discusses the jobs that you need to carry out on a regular basis.

Backing Up Your Database

One important aspect of maintaining a database is simply backing it up regularly. That way, if anything happens to it, there will be another ...

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