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DBMS

TYPES OF DATABASES

 Hierarchical database
 Network database
 Relational database
 Object-oriented database
HIERARCHICAL DATABASE

 A DBMS is said to be hierarchical if the relationships


among data in the database are established in such a
way that one data item is present as the subordinate
of another one.
 Here subordinate means that items have 'parent-
child' relationships among them. Direct relationships
exist between any two records that are stored
consecutively. The data structure "tree" is followed
by the DBMS to structure the database. No backward
movement is possible/allowed in the hierarchical
database.
NETWORK DATABASE

 A DBMS is said to be a Network DBMS if the


relationships among data in the database are of
type many-to-many.
 The relationships among many-to-many appears in
the form of a network. Thus the structure of
a network database is extremely complicated
because of these many-to-many relationships in
which one record can be used as a key of the entire
database. A network database is structured in the
form of a graph that is also a data structure.
RELATIONAL DATABASE

 A DBMS is said to be a Relational DBMS or RDBMS if


the database relationships are treated in the form of a
table. there are three keys on relational DBMS
1)relation 2)domain 3)attributes.
 A network means it contains fundamentel constructs
sets or records.sets contains one to many
relationship,records contains fields statical table that
is composed of rows and columns is used to organize
the database and its structure and is actually a two
dimension array in the computer memory. A number
of RDBMSs are available, some popular examples are
Oracle, Sybase, Ingress,Informix, Microsoft SQL
Server, and Microsoft Access.
OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE

 Object-oriented databases use small, reusable chunks of


software called objects. The objects themselves are stored
in the object-oriented database. Each object consists of
two elements: 1) a piece of data (e.g., sound, video, text,
or graphics), and 2) the instructions, or software programs
called methods, for what to do with the data.
 Object-oriented databases have two disadvantages. First,
they are more costly to develop. Second, most
organizations are reluctant to abandon or convert from
those databases that they have already invested money in
developing and implementing. However, the benefits to
object-oriented databases are compelling. The ability to
mix and match reusable objects provides incredible
multimedia capability.
OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE

 Object-oriented databases use small, reusable chunks of


software called objects. The objects themselves are stored
in the object-oriented database. Each object consists of
two elements: 1) a piece of data (e.g., sound, video, text,
or graphics), and 2) the instructions, or software programs
called methods, for what to do with the data.
 Object-oriented databases have two disadvantages. First,
they are more costly to develop. Second, most
organizations are reluctant to abandon or convert from
those databases that they have already invested money in
developing and implementing. However, the benefits to
object-oriented databases are compelling. The ability to
mix and match reusable objects provides incredible
multimedia capability.

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