Re: Oracle advice...

Brian D. Lappin wrote:
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> I am trying to get some conceptual information about Oracle databases.
>
> I have been flooded with database terminology recently, and was hoping
> someone on this newsgroup could sort me out!
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> First, is an Oracle database the same thing as a DBMS? If not, how can
> each of these be defined?

DBMS stands for "Data Base Mgmt System", and is a generic term. In Oracle, a database is a collection of control and data files that can serve as a repository for data, and provides programmatic language interfaces to manipulate that data.

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> When building an Oracle database, what are the necessary programming
> steps. In other words, a developer has defined what data should be
> included and how the data relates, then how is this implemented?
>

First you provide the system with the essential files definitions and parameters to tell it what yur low level database looks like. The actual "buckets" that hold data are called "tables", and they are basically a set of related parameters (called "columns") logically grouped together. A database designer models how the data he/she wants to store is related, then construct tables to implement that model. The programmatic interfaces then allow data to be stored, retrieved, deleted, updated, read, searched, sorted, etc...

> Id appreciate a bit of help. Im currently researching how database
> systems are developed from a nontechnical perspective, and am looking for
> some technical information.
>

Take a class or read a book..... Received on Fri Dec 05 1997 - 00:00:00 CST