Basic differenc between dbms vs rdbms

pravinmaliye · New User Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 9 Location: pune

this question i have faced two times in interview
plz list the basic differenc betwwen dbms and rdbms with good example

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:03 am

pravinmaliye,

It would be unappropriate to differentriate between DBMS & RDBMS. As RDBMS is nothing different but a part of DBMS.

DBMS (Database Management System):- is the way you organize your data. Or how you store/process that.

RDBMS (Relational Database Management System):- is a classification under DBMS where you organize data in relational way.

There are 3 classifications of DBMS:-
1> Hierarchical- Where you organize data in hierarchical fashion. e.g. IMS
2> Relational- Where data is stored in relational fashion like tables. e.g. DB2
3> Network Database- Used in networking.