Translations:Basic Excel Trainer/37/en
Features of a relational database include:
- reduction in, or elimination of, data duplication
- copes with relationships between pieces of data (for example, a record in one table may be linked to many records in another table)
- easy to change data format
- data can be added or removed easily
- easy to modify (edit) data
- easy to maintain data integrity
- access to data can be restricted
- can monitor who has done what, and when, with data (audit trail for changes)
- data can be shared easily and multiple users can access it at the same time.