COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SQL
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A column in a database table is called a ____
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Field
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Row
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Record
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Entity
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Field. Key Points. Field. The columns in the tables are called fields. A field contains a specific piece of information within a record.
Detailed explanation-2: -Columns (really column names) being referred to as field names (common for each row/record in the table). Then a field refers to a single storage location in a specific record (like a cell) to store one value (the field value).
Detailed explanation-3: -The columns in a table is a field and is also referred to as an attribute. You can also think of it this way: an attribute is used to define the record and a record contains a set of attributes.
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