Regular readers of this blog are familiar with NuoDB and their generous offers for SQLAuthority.com readers. I was just talking to them earlier and together we have come up with a very interesting contest for all of us.
This contest has two parts. Part 1 Identify Database Personality and in Part 2 You have to identify the size of the NuoDB installer. You have to answer both the questions to eligible to enter in the contest.
Part 1: Identify Database Celebrity
Personality 1 – He is known as the father of Relational Database
Personality 2 – He has received the Turing Award “for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation.”
Personality 3 – He invented the NuoDB Emergent Architecture, and developed the initial implementation of the product.
Part 2: Identify NuoDB Samples Database Names
Download NuoDB for Linux or Mac and install the software. Run the Quick Start sample app. Tell us what the four tables in the sample Hockey database are called. Download NuoDB Here.
Contest Details
The contest will be open till September 25th. The winner will be announced before September 30th. Remember there are only two gift cards each worth USD 100. All the valid entries will be hidden till September 25th. You must give correct answer to both the questions.
Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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Hi Pinal, Thanks much for posting this contest. Its just not the contest learning. before I know only father of DB Edgar F. Codd, but now only come to know these guys :) great quote and thanks for this wonderful post! Thanks again…
Personality 1: Edgar Frank “Ted” Codd
Personality 2: James Nicholas “Jim” Gray
Personality 3: Jim Starkey
Part1:
Personality1: Edgar F. Codd
personality 2: James Nicholas “Jim” Gray (Full name: “James Nicholas Gray” )
Personality3: Jim Starkey
Part2: 4 tables in the Hockey database are
HOCKEY
PLAYERS
SCORING
TEAMS
Part1:
Personality1: Edgar F. Codd
personality 2: James Nicholas “Jim” Gray (Full name: “James Nicholas Gray” )
Personality3: Jim Starkey
Part2: 4 tables in the Hockey database are
MASTER
HOCKEY
SCORING
TEAM
Part 1
Personality 1 Mr.Edgar F. Codd
Personality 2 Mr.Jim Gray
Personality 3 Mr.Jim Starkey
Part 2
NuoDB Installer size 155 MB (Windows 64 bit)
Here is the answer
Part 1 Answer(s):
Personality 1: Ted Codd
Personality 2: Jim Gray in the year 1998
Personality 3: Jim Starkey
Part 2 Answer:
Four table names are HOCKEY, PLAYERS, SCORING and TEAMS
Thanks,
Srivignesh
Part 1: Identify Database Celebrity
1. Edgar F. Codd
2. Jim Gray
3. Jim Starkey
Part 2: Identify NuoDB Installer Size
2. RHEL 5.9 & 6.x 111 mb
Part-1: Personality 1 – Edgar F. Codd, Personality 2 – Jim Gray, Personality 3 – Jim Starkey
Part 2: 154MB, (Hockey,Teams,Master,Scoring)
Hello Mr.Pinal,
Please find answers against the image celebrity.
1. Edgar F. Codd
2. James Nicholas Gray
3. Jim Starkey
Thanks,
VSVaidya
Part 1: Edgar F. Codd
Part 2: Jim Gray
Part 3: Jim Starkey
Part 4: NUODB Hockey DB Four Tables are 1-:Master 2-:Players 3-:Scoring 4-: Teams.
Part 1: Identify Database Celebrity ANSWER IS —– Edgar F. Codd
Personality 2 – He has received the Turing Award “for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation.”
ANSWER IS —– JAMES (“JIM”) NICHOLAS GRAY
Personality 3 – He invented the NuoDB Emergent Architecture, and developed the initial implementation of the product.— Jim Starkey
Part 2: Identify NuoDB Installer Size—101897 bytes
Dear Pinal Bhai,
Please find the below answers :
Part 1
——–
Question 1 : Personality 1 – He is known as the father of Relational Database
Answer : Edgar Frank “Ted” Codd
Question 2: Personality 2 – He has received the Turing Award “for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation.”
Answer : James Nicholas “Jim” Gray
Question 3: Personality 3 – He invented the NuoDB Emergent Architecture, and developed the initial implementation of the product.
Answer : Jim Starkey
Part 2
——–
Sample Hockey database contains these four tables : MASTER, HOCKEY, SCORING and TEAM
Thanks,
Sushil
1) Edgar F. Codd
2) Jim Gray
3) Jim Starkey
Part 1:
1)Edgar Frank “Ted” Codd
2)Jim Gray
3)Jim Starkey
Part 2:
There are 4 following tables
HOCKEY
MASTER
SCORING
TEAMS
Part 1:
1.Edgar F. Codd
2.Jim Gray
3.Jim Starkey
Part 2:
1.HOCKEY
2.MASTER
3.SCORING
4.TEAMS
1.DB Edgar F. Codd
2.James Nicholas “Jim” Gray
3.Jim Starkey
Hay Dave,
Long time lurker, first time poster
Part 1
1. Edgar F. Codd
2. Jim Gray
3. Jim Starkey
Part 2
1. HOCKEY
2. PLAYERS
3. SCORING
4. TEAMS
keep up the good work here
thanks
Personality 1:Edgar F. Codd
Personality 2:Jim Gray
Personality 3::Jim Starkey
Tables:Master,Hockey,Scoring,Team
Personality 1 – Edgar Frank Codd
Personality 2 – Jim Gray
Personality 3 – Jim Starkey
We can install sample database as “Test”
Edgar F. Codd, Jim Gray and Jim Starkey. Hockey, Players, Scoring, Teams