I am taking database course and came across the term relation. Are relations same as tables and can be used interchangeably?
I am taking database course and came across the term relation. Are relations same
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I am taking database course and came across the term relation. Are relations same as tables and can be used interchangeably?
Yes, “relation” is another word for table.
Personally I don’t like this term because it is likely to be confused with “relationship”, which is an association between two tables.