Database Servers and Applications
Now that you've learned the fundamental concepts of a database, it's time to investigate server-side databases and database applications in a bit more detail. Let's immediately clear up one thing:
It's not uncommon for a DBA to say, "I have to restart the SQL Server database." What he really means is that he needs to restart the SQL Server service, which manages access to the database. The database is separate from the database management system. SQL Server is the database management system. Databases may be detached from one SQL Server instance and then attached to another. In fact, you can attach Excel spreadsheets, Access ...
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