Re: What does 'schema' mean ?

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/schema.html:

Pronounce skee-ma, the structure of a database system, described in a
formal language supported by the database management system (DBMS). In
a relational database, the schema defines the tables, the fields in
each table, and the relationships between fields and tables.

Schemas are generally stored in a data dictionary. Although a schema
is defined in text database language, the term is often used to refer
to a graphical depiction of the database structure.

So basically, the design of your database.

HTH,

Neil.

On 1/9/06, Joao Miguel Ferreira <jmf(at)estg(dot)ipvc(dot)pt> wrote:
> Hello again,
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> thx very much for all the previous feedback....
>
> here's another one: what do database people mean by 'schema' ?
>
> jmf
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