On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 7:34:39 PM UTC-5, Your Name wrote:
> If you don't know the difference, then what you doing is almost
> certainly a simple "flat-file" database.
>
> A "flat-file" database is basically a box data cards. For example, an
> address book would be one record for each different person with their
> phone numbers, email address, etc. all stored together.
>
> The other type of database is "relational". That has parent and child
> records, often in separate database structures, linked by a common data
> item. For example, a business might have five company cars and each car
> has separate related records for each individual workshop service. You
> can often create small relational-like databases using a flat-file
> database system by using duplicate fields, but it is messy and
> cumbersome, and can waste a lot of storage space.

It's a "flat-file" database.

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