February 2003
Beginner
336 pages
7h 28m
English
IN THIS CHAPTER
Planning a database
Organizing your data
Designing your first tables
In the simplest terms, a database is a collection of persistent (or related) data. For instance, you might store information about your household goods and assets in a paper notebook. Or, you might collect personal information about your relatives and friends, such as addresses, birth dates, and so on, in an address book or day planner. Both collections are really just simplified databases. Both systems have a specific structure, and you follow a routine to store and retrieve information. Even a pile of little scraps of paper, Post-it Notes, and napkins with ideas for that great American novel you mean to write could be considered a ...