A Guide to SQL
A Guide to SQL
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ISBN: 9781111527273
Author: Philip J. Pratt
Publisher: Course Technology Ptr
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System catalog:

  • The system catalog is a collection of tables and views that have main information about a database.
    • It is existing for each database.
    • System catalog information describes the database structure.
  • System catalog is also called as data dictionary.

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