Database

A database is a place where organized information is stored for a purpose. There are many types of databases; RB9 uses a relational database. Relational databases store and display data in a tabular format of rows and columns, like a spreadsheet.

TIP: Think of a database like a filing cabinet

A relational database is structured much like a manual filing system:

The “filing cabinet,” which contains all of the data we want, is called a database.
Each of the “drawers” in the filing cabinet is called a table. A table stores a specific set of information — there’s one table for firms, another table for contacts, and another table for locations, for example.
The “sheets of paper” stored in folders in the filing cabinet are called records. So the Firm table would have a record for each law firm, listing their name, address, etc.
The individual entries on the sheets of paper (name, address, etc.) are called fields.

These components form the core of a relational database.

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