Which term corresponds to a row of data in a database table?

Which term corresponds to a row of data in a database table?

• A. Records
• B. Fields
• C. Columns
• D. Keys

Answer: (A)

In a database table, each row holds all the information for one individual item and uses the table’s columns to describe its attributes. That single row is called a record. It gathers the values for every attribute for that one item, such as one customer or one order. The little piece of data in a specific column of that row is a field. A column is the set of values for one attribute across all rows. A key is a special field (or combination of fields) used to uniquely identify a row. So the row corresponds to a single record.

In a database table, each row holds all the information for one individual item and uses the table’s columns to describe its attributes. That single row is called a record. It gathers the values for every attribute for that one item, such as one customer or one order. The little piece of data in a specific column of that row is a field. A column is the set of values for one attribute across all rows. A key is a special field (or combination of fields) used to uniquely identify a row. So the row corresponds to a single record.