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Databases and SQL
Motivation

How to Store Data?

Three common options for storage are text files, spreadsheets, and databases.

Text

  • Easy to create, work well with version control
  • But then we have to build search and analysis tools ourselves

Spreadsheets

  • Good for simple analyses
  • But don't handle large or complex data sets well

Databases

database (dā'tə-bās') noun {.callout}

"A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer"

  • The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
  • Include powerful tools for search and analysis
  • Can handle large, complex data sets.

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Here we go!