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Relational Database Concepts

Goal

At the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

Summary

A relational database is a collection of tables containing data. A table consists of columns (attributes that describe the table) and rows (actual occurrences of data). Data can be accessed easily and quickly in a relational database and is viewed in a tabular format.

This section contains the following topics:

Tables

Relationships Among Tables

Relational Operations

Benefits of a Relational Database

Review