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18/11/2002
A database can contain more than one table, each with a unique
name. These tables can be related or independent from one
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The building block of a database is the record. A record is a
collection of related data treated as a single entity. For example,
a hockey trading card could be called a record: it brings together
the name, photograph, team, and statistics of one player. Using
database terms, each of these related pieces of information is
called a field: each hockey card “record” has a name field, a
photograph field, a team field, and various statistic fields.
A collection of records that share the same fields is called a table
because this kind of information can easily be presented in table
format: each column represents a field and each row represents a
record. In fact, the word column is synonymous with the word field,
and the word row is synonymous with the word record.
A database can contain more than one table, each with a unique name.
These tables can be related or independent from one another.
A database can contain more than one table, each with a unique name.
These tables can be related or independent from one another. |
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