July 2006
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
12h 57m
English
Tables are the basic data structure in any relational database. A table is nothing more than an organized collection of records, or rows, that all have the same attributes, or columns. Figure 5-2 illustrates a typical CUSTOMERS table in a relational database.
Each customer record in the example CUSTOMERS table has the same attributes, including an ID, a company name, a last name, a first name, and so on.
When you create tables, the two primary things that you must consider are the following:
The table's columns, which describe the table's structure
The table's integrity constraints, which describe the data that is acceptable within ...
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