What is a Database?

Databases are similar to storage containers in that they hold information in a logical and convenient format. Your job as a database guru is to create and manage databases.

The Inner Workings of a Database

A database can have one table or many tables. Imagine if you are looking at an excel sheet, there are columns and rows in every book. The same principle applies to a database table. Just like you can have many books in an excel sheet, you can have many tables in a database.

Here’s an example table with 3 columns and 1 row, the top row are the names of the column:

Fname LName Email
Tom Jones Spamme@yahoo.com

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Posted by Kiran on 26 Jan 2008 | Tagged as Intro to SQL |
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