Editing Relational database (section)

{{Short description|Digital database whose organization is based on the relational model of data}}

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A '''relational database''' ('''RDB'''<!-- necessary to maintain an inbound link from DAB [[RDB]] --><ref>{{Cite conference |title=Portable Software Tools for Managing and Referencing Taxonomies |conference=Digital Mapping Techniques '03 Workshop Proceedings|at=2. Relational Database Technology and Taxonomic Representation |date=2003 |url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-471/hastings/index.html |conference-url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-471/ |last=Hastings |first=Jordan |volume=U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03–471 |access-date=2024-04-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021070621/https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-471/hastings/index.html |archive-date=2014-10-21 |via=[[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref>) is a [[database]]  based on the [[relational model]] of data, as proposed by [[E. F. Codd]] in 1970.<ref name=codd/>

A Relational [[Database Management System]] (RDBMS) is a type of database management system that stores data in a structured [[Content format|format]] using [[Row (database)|row]]s and [[columns]].

Many relational database systems are equipped with the option of using [[SQL]] (Structured Query Language) for querying and updating the database.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ambler |first=Scott |title=Relational Databases 101: Looking at the Whole Picture |date=21 March 2023 |url=http://www.agiledata.org/essays/relationalDatabases.html }}{{better source needed|date=June 2018}}</ref>