RE: [PHP-WIN] flat file databases with PHP
| From: | HKG) | Date: | Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:46:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-WIN] flat file databases with PHP | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.windows |
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> A /data base/ could (informally) be a number a things such as:
>
> a) a collection with related information (recorded facts) in any
> kind of format (a telephone book is then in this sense a database,
> and even meeting notes in your agenda could be regarded as a database.)
>
> b) a database Manager System (DBMS), this is just a collection
> of programs that helps one to create and maintain a database.
>
> c) an instance in b).
>
> On the other hand a "database system" is a information processing system including
> both the database (in the meaning of iii) with its related software such as user
ERRATA: "in the meaning of iii" should be "in the meaning of a) and c)"