Relational Database Management System ( RDBMS )

Examples of RDBMS

  • Microsoft SQL Serer
  • IBM DB2
  • Oracle
  • MySQL
  • Microsoft Access

The data in an RDBMS is stored in database objects called tables.

A table is a collection of related data entries.

It consists of columns and rows.

A row is a horizontal entity in a table.

A column is a vertical entity in a table.

Every table is broken up into smaller entities called fields

A field is a column in a table that is designed to maintain specific information about every record in a table.