| 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 subset of data extracted from one or more tables is called
a recordset (or a DataSet in ASP.NET). A recordset is also
a table because it’s a collection of records that share
the same columns. For example, a hockey team roster listing
the names and positions of the players could be called a recordset:
it consists of a subset of all the possible information about
the players, including goals, assists, penalty minutes, and
so on. |
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