Database

By Joe Gardiner Monday, 12th April 2010

A database, or specifically a DBMS (Database management system), is software that organises the storage of data. Data can be given a structure through the use of tables and fields, and new records can be automated through the use of the DBMS.

A scripting language such as PHP can be used in conjunction with a commonly used language for making queries on the database to produce dynamic web sites.

Querying a database is the process of finding records that fit a set of rules that are defined within the language used to make the query. For example, female customers over the age of 25.

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