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What is the Difference Between Querying and Browsing Data?

Search is beginning to gain interest in the business intelligence (BI) space, and several people have begun asking about the difference between querying data (using a traditional database query language) and browsing data using a search tool, and which approach to use when. This blog entry is an attempt to put a stake in the ground and to encourage a discussion on this topic.

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Posted by Colin White on Wednesday, 12 September 2007 |

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