Database Basics
What is a field?
One piece of data in a record
What is a data type?
Text, Numeric, Date/Time, Boolean etc
What is a record?
A complete row of information about a person or thing.
What is a relational database?
A database comprised of linked tables.
What is a flat file database?
A database that holds all the information in one file.
What is a query?
A search based on the records
What is a primary key?
A unique way of identifying each record e.g. Car registration plate
What is a form?
A user interface for the database
What is a report?
A way of presenting the data
What is a database?
An organised collection of data (records)