RDBMS

RDBMS is the basis for SQL, and for all modern database systems like MS SQL Server, IBM DB2, Oracle, MySQL, and Microsoft Access. A Relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system (DBMS) that is based on the relational model as introduced by E. F. Codd.

What is the difference between DBMS and Rdbms?
Key Difference between DBMS and RDBMS: The key difference is that RDBMS (relational database management system) applications store data in a tabular form, while DBMS applications store data as files. ... In a RDBMS, the tables will have an identifier called primary key. Data values will be stored in the form of tables.

What is a Record or a Row?
A record is also called as a row of data is each individual entry that exists in a table.

What is a column?
A column is a vertical entity in a table that contains all information associated with a specific field in a table.

SQL Constraints

Constraints are the rules enforced on data columns on a table. These are used to limit the type of data that can go into a table. This ensures the accuracy and reliability of the data in the database.

Constraints can either be column level or table level. Column level constraints are applied only to one column whereas, table level constraints are applied to the entire table.

Following are some of the most commonly used constraints available in SQL −

NOT NULL Constraint − Ensures that a column cannot have a NULL value.

DEFAULT Constraint − Provides a default value for a column when none is specified.

UNIQUE Constraint − Ensures that all the values in a column are different.

PRIMARY Key − Uniquely identifies each row/record in a database table.

FOREIGN Key − Uniquely identifies a row/record in any another database table.

CHECK Constraint − The CHECK constraint ensures that all values in a column satisfy certain conditions.

INDEX − Used to create and retrieve data from the database very quickly.

Data Integrity

The following categories of data integrity exist with each RDBMS −

Entity Integrity − There are no duplicate rows in a table.

Domain Integrity − Enforces valid entries for a given column by restricting the type, the format, or the range of values.

Referential integrity − Rows cannot be deleted, which are used by other records.

User-Defined Integrity − Enforces some specific business rules that do not fall into entity, domain or referential integrity.

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