Monday, October 27, 2008

Assignment 6

STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE (SQL) DATABASE -vs- COMMON DATABASES

This topic was pretty difficult for me to grasp with out a good definition certain terms that I'll list here. But the video I watched about SQL databases made it easier to understand. 




DEFINITIONS:

Database- A collection of information organized so that a computer program can quickly select desired pieces of data for the user. It works like a filing system or library. 

Database Management System- A collection of programs that enable a user to store, modify and extract information from a database. 

Query Language- A specialized language for requesting information from a database.

Structured Query Language (SQL)- a standardized query language for requesting information from a database.

The most typical use for a database system is to track information about a user of a site, their name, login info , various addresses and phone numbers. 

Here's a forum I found about Filemaker -vs- MySQL 

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