Everyone has had some experience with data. Even if you are new to the Database world you have this experience since your personal information is data in many places. List an example of a database and how you interact with that database. One example might be as a customer receiving monthly bills. Another example might be your personal information collected at a medical office. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
According to the text, a database is “an organized collection of data used for the purpose of modeling some type of organization or organizational process” (Hernandez, 2003). The two types of databases found in database management are operational and analytical. Operational databases, according to the text, are those which allow the user to collect, modify, and maintain the information on a daily basis. For example, an inventory database that is automatically updated anytime a new purchase or delivery is made is an operational database. An analytical database, on the other hand, is one that allows the user to store and track historical and time-dependent data. My first thought of an analytical database would be a phone book. The data contained in a phone book has been collected and stored by the company that produces the phone book. It is time-dependent, as evidenced by the need to issue new volumes every so often, and it is static information that cannot be changed without issuing a new book.
References
Hernandez, M. (2003). Database Design for Mere Mortals (2nd ed.). Boston: