http://www.jacklarge.me.uk/wiki/ 2010-09-10T21:38:37+01:00 http://www.jacklarge.me.uk/wiki/ http://www.jacklarge.me.uk/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2006-10-27T18:15:35+01:00 http://www.jacklarge.me.uk/wiki/project:brc:brc_db1?rev=1161969335 What is a database? A database, at its most basic, is a list of items that have some connection. A simple example would be a telephone directory. In this case the database would have just two 'fields': name and telephone number. We access databases every day without ever knowing it. Every time we go to the supermarket or get money from a cash-point machine a database is involved somewhere along the line. text/html 2006-10-27T13:03:49+01:00 http://www.jacklarge.me.uk/wiki/project:brc:brc_db2?rev=1161950629 Preface Warning! The text that follows contains a lot of technical language. If you have never made a database or complicated spreadsheet you will probably get a lot more benefit from the information on this page. That said you are more than welcome to have a gander at the design spec below, I have attempted to use as much plain English as possible.