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Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design
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Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design

by Scott W. Ambler, Pramod J. Sadalage
March 2006
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
7h 42m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 7Data Quality Refactorings

Data quality refactorings are changes that improve the quality of the information contained within a database. Data quality refactorings improve and/or ensure the consistency and usage of the values stored within the database. The data quality refactorings are as follows:

• Add Lookup Table

• Apply Standard Codes

• Apply Standard Type

• Consolidate Key Strategy

• Drop Column Constraint

• Drop Default Value

• Drop Non-Nullable Constraint

• Introduce Column Constraint

• Introduce Common Format

• Introduce Default Value

• Make Column Non-Nullable

• Move Data

• Replace Type Code With Property Flags

Common Issues When Implementing Data Quality Refactorings

Because data quality refactorings change the ...

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