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SQL-92
Guide and Reference
Review of Relational Database Components
A database is a collection of data and the structure of that data, called metadata. A relational database consists of two or more logically related data items. The following elements comprise a relational database:
NOTE: A View is a subset of a database that an application can process. It may contain parts of one or more tables. Views have no independent existence. They are a way of looking at the data.
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