Any data that does not fall into the traditional field structure (alpha, numeric, dates) of a relational DBMS. Examples of complex data types are bills of materials, word processing documents, maps, ...
The end goal of database design is to be able to transform a logical data model into an actual physical database. A logical data model is required before you can even begin to design a physical ...
I'm writing out some values to the Registry using the RegistryKey class. Most are strings but two are longs. How is the RegistryKey class determining what data type to use? One of the longs is being ...