database concepts Flashcards

1
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list all 6 limitations of file system

A

difficult to access, data redundancy, inconsistency, isolation, dependence, controlled data sharing

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2
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in general, a file is a collection of all related

A

records

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3
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relational database is a collection of

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tables

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4
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_ helps to enforce integrity and identity the relationship between tables

A

key

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5
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minimal superkeys are known as _

A

candidate keys

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6
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rdbms must comply with atleast _ rules

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6

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7
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_ is an operation that is used to combine rows from two or more tables based on one or more common fields between them

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join

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8
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in a relational database, a referential integrity constraint can be specified with the help of

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foreign key

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9
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to specify additional checks in table attributes, the _ constraint is used

A

check

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