The Importance of IS Management

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Distributing Data

nDistributed databases - 12 rules for a distributed database, see Figure 7-6. Operating principles depend on underlying DB being relational.

nSQL - Standard Query Language - a standard language for accessing relational DB.

nA data definition language for creating relational tables, indexes to data, and fields of data

nA data manipulation language for entering information into a DB

nA data control language for handling security functions