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Re: Archiving information within databases



In a message dated 11/7/01 3:59:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, kingr@U.ARIZONA.EDU writes:


I say structured because I don't think the court would let one come in with a data "dump" that was unstructured and had nothing to do with how the "data" had been manipulated and presented.  


there have been numerous court decisions revolving around this particular issue. The courts do not like it when data 'dumps' are provided in response to a subpoena. You run a serious risk of court sanctions if you do.

If you really want to get 'wrapped around the axle' when it comes to databases consider such humongous creatures as those created by SAP. In the private sectors databases are really huge creatures that are used for a variety of reasons, but most recently 'customer relation management' or even 'data warehousing'. Databases (in the corporate environment)IMHO are 'living' entities and will rarely be transferred to an archival environment due to the ongoing need of the organization to access the data.

For fun reading take a look at the IRS Revenue Procedure 97-22 and 98-25 both of which apply to financial systems
http://www.cohasset.com/main/library/mgmt_supp/index.htm

http://www.cohasset.com/main/library/mgmt_supp/irs/irs_rp9722/index.htm

Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va