Questions tagged [database-design]
For questions about structuring the data within a database. How to lay out tables, whether to use a relational DB or not, etc.
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Clarification on using timestamp without time zone and LocalDateTime in UTC-centric systems
I'm seeking clarification regarding the usage of timestamp without time zone in a database and its corresponding Java type, LocalDateTime. The current setup I'm working on involves servers and (...
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Better way to track and analyze downloads (or any other events)
I need to decide about my database architecture. The app provides files for download. I can add a counter to every file and track total events. But the client may want some analysis and ask for the ...
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What is a route I could take when considering setting up a data warehouse for a small business? [closed]
I am working for a medium-sized development and construction company and we are looking to upgrade our data and BI. Currently, all project data is managed via Excel (data, project management, and ...
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Monolithic Database to Microservices, but with Radical Data Model Changes
We are finishing up a long (over 1 year) project to retire our monolith. We have been moving pieces of functionality into microservices guided by domain driven design.
So far we have been leaving the ...
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Should I store large amounts of data in the properties of a node in a graph database?
I'm building a reddit clone on top of software that must incorporate a legacy neo4j graph database to track user actions. I also want to use it to store the comment/post data. Assuming this new app is ...
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Designing a graph database structure for an application with a large amount of connections
I'm looking for advice on how to design the data model for a project I'm working on. I'm not really sure where to ask such a question. I've been using StackOverflow for years, but this problem is a ...
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Designing a database schema for a website related to my town's history
I am working on digitizing old photographs, articles, ephemera, etc. related to my town's history, and I've been tasked to put these scans I've made onto a website for the public to see. There are ...
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Is it an anti-pattern to create ORM entities based on existing database schema?
I maintain a large legacy app working with SQL database. The app uses raw SQL queries to query the database. Together with app rewrite I plan to introduce ORM to work with the database.
The simplest ...
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How to effectively scale one microservice to multiple instances
Let’s say I have a booking microservice (single instance) with its own DB.
If I want to horizontally scale the service with multiple instances(exact same copy of the business logic code) running on ...
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Dynamically transform EAV data into standard SQL table
I use MariaDB to store data using EAV model. I need EAV, because each attribute of each entity can have its own validity (validFrom, validTo).
For example, I have entity person and I track changes ...
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How to design fault-tolerant distributed "all-or-nothing" system?
I have a system where Client(C) sends request to Server(S0). S0 then sends the response back to Client that "request received" and closes the connection. C can regularly poll S0 to check on ...
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how to deal with schema/constraint changes in insert-only Relational DBs?
as per request, I'll reduce this whole set of questions to 1-2 core points (thanks for the feedback ;)).
I'm considering using insert-only tables for keeping the history of my data. while the ...
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Better solutions than joining table for Many to Many?
Lets say I have students and classes which are 2 entities. A student can take many classes and a class can have many students. This would be a many to many relationship.
To solve this with an RDBMS my ...
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Database design for different type of user comment
I'm designing a database where a user can add notes on diffrent entity of the application.
For example, the user can add a note on the project and/or on the project line. The note added can have ...
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Is it a good practice to allow null FKs?
I have Projects table. Projects can have costs, so I have a Costs table. A cost can be because of a product or beacuse of a service. So I have 4 main tables:
Projects (IDProject, Description...)
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