User Guide - NetObjects Fusion

Database Basics
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Database Basics
A database contains at least one table. Each table is identified by a name (e.g.,
“Customers” or “Orders”). Table rows contain the records (rows) with data.
For example, if you owned an online sporting goods business, you could create a
database table named “Customers”, listing the name and address of customers who
have ordered products from your website.
The table above contains three records (one for each person) and four columns
(LastName, FirstName, Address, and City).
SQL Queries
SQL stands for “Structured Query Language”. It is the native language spoken by
most database products, including Microsoft Access and MySQL. With SQL, we
can ask the database a question (query) and have a recordset returned.
A query like this:
SELECT LastName FROM Customers
Gives a recordset like this:
A query like this:
SELECT LastName FROM Members
where City = “Miami”
and Address LIKE ‘%Shade Tree%’