FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS

DATABASE QUERY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
what is a record in a database?
A
column
B
field
C
row
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A record is simply a set of data stored in a table, for example, a customer record. A record in a database is an object that can contain one or more values. Groups of records are then saved in a table; the table defines the data that each record may contain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Short Answer: A record is a piece of stored (or collected) data. A row is a record stored linearly.

Detailed explanation-3: -In computer science, a record (also called a structure, struct, or compound data) is a basic data structure. Records in a database or spreadsheet are usually called “rows". A record is a collection of fields, possibly of different data types, typically in a fixed number and sequence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Technically speaking, a row is the underlying logical grouping of related data in a table, while a record refers to that same grouping within the context of an application.

Detailed explanation-5: -Records and Fields in SQL Tables contain rows and columns, where the rows are known as records and the columns are known as fields. A column is a set of data values of a particular type (like numbers or alphabets), one value for each row of the database, for example, Age, Student ID, or Student Name.

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