{"id":84,"date":"2008-08-08T00:54:21","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T05:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/?p=84"},"modified":"2008-08-08T00:54:21","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T05:54:21","slug":"database-basics-a-little-non-nerd-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/2008\/database-basics-a-little-non-nerd-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Database Basics &#8211; a little non nerd theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Databases are backbone of so much these days (on the Web and in business in general) and as such, any self-respecting nerd should know at least a little bit about them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a nutshell:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A database is typically just a piece of software that acts like a virtual filing cabinet. Depending on the TYPE of database, they can come equipped with all kinds of extra features that make managing a lot of data easier. <\/p>\n<p>As I just mentioned, there are different types of databases. The most common being:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Relational databases<\/li>\n<li>Object databases<\/li>\n<li>Flat file systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about databases, listen to the podcast.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"sub-heading\">Database Basics:<\/h4>\n<p><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" align=\"center\" width=\"540\" height=\"196\"  data=\"http:\/\/www.idea22.com\/\/public\/swf\/i22_swf.swf?vv=videos:200808084872695708:540:196:e\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.idea22.com\/\/public\/swf\/i22_swf.swf?vv=videos:200808084872695708:540:196:e\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"allowfullscreen=true&#038;logo=http:\/\/www.idea22.com\/public\/swf\/i22.png&#038;autostart=false&#038;file=http:\/\/www.idea22.com\/\/public\/pv\/200808084872695708.flv&#038;image=http:\/\/www.idea22.com\/\/public\/pv\/200808084872695708.jpg\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.idea22.com\/\/public\/swf\/i22_swf.swf?vv=videos:200808084872695708:540:196:e\" quality=\"high\" width=\"540\" width=\"196\" id=\"idea22\" align=\"center\"  allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"  \npluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" flashVars=\"allowfullscreen=true&#038;logo=http:\/\/www.idea22.com\/public\/swf\/i22.png&#038;autostart=false&#038;file=http:\/\/www.idea22.com\/\/public\/pv\/200808084872695708.flv&#038;image=http:\/\/www.idea22.com\/\/public\/pv\/200808084872695708.jpg\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n<p>Stefan Mischook<\/p>\n<p>www.killersites.com<br \/>\nwww.killerphp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Databases are backbone of so much these days (on the Web and in business in general) and as such, any self-respecting nerd should know at least a little bit about them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a nutshell:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A database is typically just a piece of software that acts like a virtual filing cabinet. Depending on the TYPE of database, they can come equipped with all kinds of extra features that make managing a lot of data easier. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35,16,32],"tags":[196,36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}