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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