Concepts: Data Can Be Number, Alphabet or Symbol Without Meaning
Concepts: Data Can Be Number, Alphabet or Symbol Without Meaning
COLUMN:
Attribute
Row
RECORD:
FIELD:
Field or cell is intersection of column and row.
DATABASE (DB):
Relational databases are structured in fields, records, and database tables. The database table
consists of one or more database rows, and each database row consists of one or more
database fields. Examples of Relational databases are MS SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL.
DB is collection of table.
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBMS):
DBMS is a system that manages data. All the programs that use to create DB like: Oracle, MS
SQL Server, My SQL are DBMS because you can manage DB by these programs.
REALATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (RDBMS):
RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System. RDBMS data is structured in
database tables, fields and records. Each RDBMS table consists of database table rows. Each
database table row consists of one or more database table fields.
It means all tables in DB must have relationship. This relationship will be created by Primary Key
and Foreign Key. The model that Oracle, MS SQL Server, My SQL use is RDBMS, there is other
kind of model but they are not common.
The Data Definition Language (DDL) manages table and index structure.
The most basic items of DDL are the CREATE, ALTER, RENAME and DROP
statements:
ALTER modifies the structure an existing object in various waysfor example, adding
column to an existing table.
Select data
Utilize SELECT queries to extract data from one table, extract data by using joins, combine
result sets by using UNION and INTERSECT.
Insert data
Understand how data is inserted into a database, how to use INSERT statements.
Update data
Understand how data is updated in a database and how to write the updated data to the
database by using the appropriate UPDATE statements, update by using a table
Delete data
Delete data from single or multiple tables, ensure data and referential integrity by using
transactions