RDBMS vs ORDBMS
RDBMS vs ORDBMS A Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is a Database Management System (DBMS) that is based on the relational model. Most popular DBMSs currently in use are RDMSs. Object-Relational database (ORDBMS) is also a DBMS that extends RDBMS to support a broader class of applications and attempts to create a bridge between relational and object-oriented paradigms. As mentioned, earlier RDBMS is based on the relational model and data in a RDMS are stored in the form of related tables. So, a relational database can simply be seen as a collection of one or more relations or tables with columns and rows. Each column corresponds to an attribute of the relation and each row corresponds to a record that consists of data values for an entity. RDMSs are developed by extending hierarchical and the network models, which were two previous database systems. Main elements of a RDMS are the concepts of relational integrity and normalization. These concepts are based on t...