1.5. Database Tables Used in This Book

This section describes a database or library of tables that is used by an imaginary computer hardware and software manufacturer. The library consists of six tables: customer, inventory, invoice, manufacturers, products, and purchases. The examples used throughout this book are based on this library (database) of tables and are described and displayed below. An alphabetical description of each table used throughout this book appears below.

1.5.1. CUSTOMERS Table

The CUSTOMERS table contains data on customers that have purchased computer hardware and software products from a manufacturer. Each customer is uniquely identified with a customer number. A description of each column in the customers table follows. ...

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