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Tables

Relational databases store all their data in tables. A table is a data structure consisting of an unordered set of horizontal rows, each containing the same number of vertical columns. The intersection of an individual row and a column is a field that contains a specific piece of information. Much of the power of relational databases comes from defining the relations among their tables.

 

The sections below describe each of these actions in detail.

 



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