Database System and Development.

There are six fields in this database:-

        Name:                       Caroline Evans

        Date of birth:     15/06/83

        Colour of hair:     Brown

        Colour of eyes:    Blue

        Weight:               50 kilograms

        Height:               155cm

Functions of a database

A database program on a computer is designed to hold information (data). Often the amount of information stored is very large and it would take a long time for us to search through this information if it were written on paper. Holding the information in a database enables us to search very quickly and to sort the information easily. The required data can then be printed out on a report.

Fields

Each record of a database contains fields where the information is stored. When a new database is being designed, many database packages request the user to specify the type of data that will be entered into each of the fields. This allows the computer to process the data effectively and allocate