A: Once you decide on what kind of information you want to manage, there are enough user-friendly database programs to choose from. Here are a few suggestions to get you started. First, you should ...

A data file that is not related to or does not contain any linkages to another file. It is generally used for stand-alone lists. When files must be related (customers to orders, vendors to purchases, ...

The data has been organised into a table structure with appropriate data types. It is persistent, which means the data will be stored if the computer is turned off or there is power failure.

Description: Orientation to Data Base Design from end-user/manager perspective. The distinction between "Flat-file" and "Relational" Data Base Management Systems is explored with the commercial ...

Relational database management systems (RDBMS) rely on an optimizer (or relational optimizer) that transforms SQL statements into executable code. Before any SQL statement can be run by the RDBMS, the ...