servermachine_at_gmail.com wrote:
> I regard a database as a set of related files that are created and
> managed by a DBMS, whereas a dataset would be a data file or collection
> or interrelated data.
>
>
> Bob Badour wrote:
>
>>servermachine_at_gmail.com wrote:
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>>>I should correct this to: Looking for a library dataset of books
>>>
>>>servermachine_at_gmail.com wrote:
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>>>
>>>>Hey all.
>>>>I'm trying to get hold of a database of books, preferably in sql,
>>>>access or something easily convertable to those.
>>>>The database should be like a library's, with records containing title,
>>>>author, publisher, year, isbn, dewey..etc
>>>>Can anyone help me find one?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>
>>I am curious what difference you think exists between a database and a
>>dataset.
If a database with hundreds of relations is in a single physical file,
does that make it no longer a database but a dataset instead?
Received on Mon Nov 27 2006 - 08:07:46 CST
