Typical Database Management Systems Used Today
Many popular database management systems (DBMSs) are in use today. Among the most popular are these:
Microsoft Access
Microsoft SQL Server
MSDE (Microsoft Data Engine)
Oracle
IBM DB2
Microsoft Access is one of two primary database offerings from Microsoft. Access is a network/desktop-based database. Although feature rich, Access is limited by both the amount of data it can store and the number of users it can service simultaneously. Currently, the maximum size an Access database can be is 2 billion bytes (2 gigabytes). The chief benefit of Access is that it is easy to use. For this reason, Access was chosen to be the database of choice to illustrate the examples in the book.
On the other end of the ...
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