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Many ways to read
Star, vault or one wide table? Each shape has a job and a place. Choose per question, not per fashion.
Topics › Data modelling › From words to data
Both at once: one database that writes and reads
In 1879, a cash register added each sale to the day's total; within a few years, registers recorded each sale too. Today, hybrid databases write and read in one place, and remove the copy between them; they don't remove the model.
Builds on Built to write, built to read and Many ways to read
Watch the film
Press Play, or pick a chapter. Turn on Pause and think to stop for one question at the end of chapters.
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Where next?
You've seen what a hybrid database removes, and what it doesn't. Now try it yourself.
Think it through
The four Pause and think questions, for a class or a team. Open one to see the answer.
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