Thursday, 12 June 2014

Databases

Databases: are permanent (persistent), Related, Organized and Usually stored for a organisation 

External view - what user sees, designed to be helpful for task
Conceptual view - how data is organised
Physical view - how data is actually stored

Flat file - single table, suitable for simple data requirements

Hierarchical - for when data relate to each other like branches on a tree

Serial file - one after the other, stored adjacently

Sequential - data stored in order of important keys values


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