At its heart, data modeling is about understanding how data flows through a system. Just as a map can help us understand a city’s layout, data modeling can help us understand the complexities of a ...

A guide to the 10 most common data modeling mistakes Your email has been sent Data modeling is the process through which we represent information system objects or entities and the connections between ...

An entity-relationship approach to the business, a structured, systematic and intuitive business model of entities, relationships and key data for innovation, entrepreneurship and management. The ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Jared Ecker is a researcher and fact-checker ...

Over the previous two columns ("Integrating Entity Framework with an ASP.NET Web Site" and "Extending an Entity Framework Model -- and Some Limitations"), I've built a simple Entity Framework (EF) ...