Re: R: Re: FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-04-07 Thread Moon's Father
a Database as a RDBMS, anyway, MYSQL IS GREAT! Aloha! Claudio Nanni -Messaggio originale- Da: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Thufir Inviato: mercoledì 5 marzo 2008 12.09 A: mysql@lists.mysql.com Oggetto: Re: FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database? On Tue, 04 Mar

R: R: Re: FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-04-07 Thread Nanni Claudio
: Re: FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database? Schema is a collection of databases. On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Nanni Claudio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know I am a little late. From my experience with Oracle Database: ORACLE MYSQL(equivalent

Re: R: Re: FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-04-07 Thread Kevin Spencer
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Moon's Father [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Schema is a collection of databases. A schema is a definition of tables fields and their relationship. Kevin. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To

R: Re: FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-28 Thread Nanni Claudio
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Thufir Inviato: mercoledì 5 marzo 2008 12.09 A: mysql@lists.mysql.com Oggetto: Re: FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database? On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:21:21 -0800, Garris, Nicole wrote: My experience (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) is that every DBMS

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-05 Thread Thufir
On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:48:03 -0600, Paul DuBois wrote: Apparently MySQL lacks this feature, but what feature is it lacking? There's no equivalent to: SELECT * FROM database.schema.table; In MySQL, the two are equivalent. The keyword DATABASE or DATABASES can be replaced with SCHEMA or

Re: FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-05 Thread Thufir
On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:21:21 -0800, Garris, Nicole wrote: My experience (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) is that every DBMS is different in this regard. Microsoft's SQL Server works like this: A SQL Server instance (server) can have many databases. A database can have many

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-05 Thread Joerg Bruehe
Hi Thufir, all ! Thufir wrote: On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:48:03 -0600, Paul DuBois wrote: [[...]] In MySQL, the two are equivalent. The keyword DATABASE or DATABASES can be replaced with SCHEMA or SCHEMAS wherever it appears. Right, but that wasn't exactly what I was asking. I'm fairly

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-05 Thread Garris, Nicole
believe he is correct. -Original Message- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thufir Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:09 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database? On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:21:21 -0800, Garris, Nicole wrote: My

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-05 Thread Martin Gainty
=tpuhsicnt5h5helm Buena Suerte/Viel Gluck Martin - Original Message - From: Garris, Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:33 AM Subject: Re: what is a schema? what is a database? Sorry. An example of a fully qualified SQL Server object name

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-05 Thread Joerg Bruehe
Hi ! Martin Gainty wrote: my understanding is that Namespace is a defined grouping of classes http://m5.eecs.umich.edu/docs/namespaceMySQL.html My use of the term name space was much more generic, similar to how compilers use it: When you define a record type (C: struct, Pascal: record,

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-05 Thread Thufir
On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:01:12 +0100, Joerg Bruehe wrote: I have not heard of a three level naming scheme yet. Aha, thanks for the history, helps to put what I was reading into context. -Thufir -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-04 Thread Thufir
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:20:58 -0500, Martin Gainty wrote: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/schemata-table.html According to MYSQL doc: A schema is a database That contradicts the following claim (to my reading): A true fully (database, schema, and table) qualified query is

FW: Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-04 Thread Garris, Nicole
- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thufir Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:58 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: what is a schema? what is a database? On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:20:58 -0500, Martin Gainty wrote: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/schemata-table.html

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-04 Thread Paul DuBois
At 8:58 AM + 3/4/08, Thufir wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:20:58 -0500, Martin Gainty wrote: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/schemata-table.html According to MYSQL doc: A schema is a database That contradicts the following claim (to my reading): A true fully (database,

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-03 Thread Martin Gainty
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/schemata-table.html According to MYSQL doc: A schema is a database Wikopedia says a Schema is defined as: Pronounced as skee-ma, the structure of a database system, described in a formal language supported by the database management system (DBMS). In a

Re: what is a schema? what is a database?

2008-03-02 Thread bmurphy
Yes, you are exactly right. The schema is the structure of the database. Keith I've been referencing a variety of sources, including wikipedia. What I know about a schema is that in SQLite the .schema command will show the the SQL structure of that databases tables, which would be analogous

Re: What is a schema?

2005-08-03 Thread Juan Pedro Reyes Molina
as far as I know a schema is a description of a database. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a schema? How is different from a database? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: What is a schema?

2005-08-03 Thread Bartis, Robert M (Bob)
A schema is a the database design. Sometimes textual, sometimes visual definition of the database structure (tables, field types, defaults etc). The database is the physical implementation of the schema that holds the data. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: What is a schema?

2005-08-03 Thread Jason Martin
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 03:30:19PM +0100, Juan Pedro Reyes Molina wrote: as far as I know a schema is a description of a database. In ORACLE terms, a schema is a grouping of database objects (tables, indexes, and so on). It is synonymous with user in ORACLE. A given ORACLE instance can contain

RE: What is a schema?

2005-08-03 Thread Cope, Jared
Message- From: Jason Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 August 2005 15:33 To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: What is a schema? On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 03:30:19PM +0100, Juan Pedro Reyes Molina wrote: as far as I know a schema is a description of a database. In ORACLE terms, a schema

Re: What is a schema?

2005-08-03 Thread SGreen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/03/2005 10:20:36 AM: What is a schema? How is different from a database? As I understand it, and some scholars may disagree with me, a schema is (most often) a description of a data structure. A database IS a data structure composed of tables and other possible