Re: Definition of 'Relational' Database

On Sat, 07 Sep 2002 21:21:53 +0200, vk02720 wrote:

> Why exactly is a Relational DBMS called "Relational" ?
>
> TIA
A not-too-long-winded answer would be something along these lines:

In an RDBMS the tables (that hold data as opposed to the database that holds tables) often have a certain relationship. If you look at an old-fashioned entity relationship diagram you can easily spot the relation by looking at how the tables have been wired together using keys.

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