1 Databases
1 Databases
• Challenge:
– To change “meaningless” data into useful information that can be
accessed and analysed the best way possible.
For example:
HOW would YOU organise all biological sequences so that the
biological information is optimally accessible?
• Internal organization
Database
– Controls speed and
flexibility
– Extract
– Modify
USER(S)
DBMS organisation types
Remember
the DBMS has programs to access and edit this
information so ignore the human reading limitation of
the primary keys
Accessing database information
• A request for data from a database is
called a query