Data Bases

Data Bases

1. Paper Base

   • Yellow Pages
   • The phone book
   • Catalouge
   • Advantages
     • It's easy to add or amend existing records
     • Data can be sorted easily, registered records
     • Multiple people can access a database at the same time.
     • Disadvantages
       • Errors can occur and lose all information.
       • Costs a lot of money.
       • Complex to use.
       • ICT skills needed.

2. Types of databases

   • First Name
   • Last Name
   • Age
   • Make
   • Model
   • Height
   • Crime
   • Release

3. Defintion of a data base

   • A data base is where large pieces of organised groups of data ,and is stored in a field.

4. Computer Base

   • SQL Server
   • Sybase
   • Informix
   • Oracle Database