Re: What is a database?
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 13:06:57 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <901854fa-ac7e-4515-acc6-786eb2bd8054_at_googlegroups.com>
Op maandag 2 december 2013 23:05:53 UTC+1 schreef Bernard Peek:
> On 30/11/13 17:51, Eric wrote:
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> An organised collection of information, is how it was described to me.
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> No need for this new-fangled electrickery,
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Sometimes it is further qualified as "an organized collection of __machine-readable__ data".
To eliminate the good old card filing cabinet from qualifying as a database.
It does not eliminate Excel spreadsheets and even plain csv files as being a database, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing. If Excel and Notepad are to be considered as systems for managing databases too, perhaps that's a good starter for pointing out the key advantages of "real" DBMS software. Received on Tue Dec 03 2013 - 22:06:57 CET