AI engineering glossary · SQL databases

What is table?

Table (also called Relation): The basic container in a relational database: a named grid of rows and columns where every row describes one item of the same kind and every column holds one attribute of it. Its structure is fixed by a schema, and each column has a data type.

Level: beginnerTopic: SQL databases

Table: an example

A products table with columns product_id, name and price_inr, holding one row per item sold.

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Table is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.

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