Re: What is a FLAT FILE ?
From: Lee Fesperman <firstsql_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 23:45:53 -0700
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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 23:45:53 -0700
Message-ID: <3D1FFAA1.14E8_at_ix.netcom.com>
Lyle Lexier wrote:
>
> What is a FLAT FILE ?
>
> A FLAT FILE is just one table organized easily into fields and rows.
> It is an easily structured table as in Appleworks, Access, and Dbase
> III & IV. A FLAT FILE is a single table file. In fact all data files
> were FLAT files before SQL (structure query language) came into
> existence. A database is either flat or relational.
That's a pretty weak definition, and inaccurate to boot. Why are you posting it?
-- Lee Fesperman, FirstSQL, Inc. (http://www.firstsql.com) ============================================================== * The Ultimate DBMS is here! * FirstSQL/J Object/Relational DBMS (http://www.firstsql.com)Received on Mon Jul 01 2002 - 08:45:53 CEST