DATABASE FILE - is one that is stored on a server and it is in the format that the database needs to read it. It is stored in the database catalog......
Database file is one that is stored on a server and it is in the format that the database needs to read it. It is also stored in the database catalog. A flat file is one that is dumped from a database to import or export into another database or program. A flat file is fields of data separated by delimiters, which keep the fields separated for export/import.
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A flat file is in a list format (containing only one table) while databases uses different tables to store data. It is easier and faster to locate data in a database than in a flat file.
A spreadsheet is one example. All the data is in a single table.
The flat-file model stores data in a single table or file without any relationships between tables. In contrast, the database model organizes data into multiple interrelated tables with defined relationships, providing more flexibility, security, and scalability. Databases also offer features like data integrity enforcement, concurrency control, and support for complex queries.
Store it in MySQL or use more then one flat-file DB...
In DBMS Multiple user can access file at a time. but in flat file system only one user can access file at a time
A flat file is a simple file containing data without any structured format, while a Database Management System (DBMS) is a software system that manages databases by organizing, storing, and retrieving data. A DBMS allows for more organized and efficient data management, supports relationships between data, and provides features like security and data integrity that are not available with flat files.
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a flat file database allows the user to specify data attriutes for on table at a time, storing those attributes independently of an applications. a relational database take this "flat file" approach several logical step further, allowing the user to specify information about multiple tables and the relationships between those tables, and often allowing much more declaratice control over what rules the data in those tables must obey.
A flat file system usually stores the same type of information over and over again, whereas a relational database does not. A flat file system might store zip-codes and their explanation (location of the zip code) over and over again, each time per record. A relational database stored the explanation for any given zip-code only once, and looks that information up when it needs it. --
Usually, that is using a "load" file to import data into a database. That can be a flat, delimited file or other formats. The type of format used depends on the database. My database has data upload batch jobs scheduled daily.