Which are the goddesses?...The tenth is Vor, who is so wise and searching that nothing can be concealed from her.
Chapter 4Working with Databases
You study (or practice) data science. (Check!) You import raw data from disk files into Python data structures. (Check!) But all good things come in threes, and here’s another data chapter: databases are where you will store your data in the long run.
Databases are important components of the data analysis pipeline:
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Input data is often provided in the form of database tables. You must retrieve it from the database for further processing.
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Databases provide highly optimized, fast, non-volatile storage that you can use for storing raw data ...
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