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Relational database

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A relational database is sort of like Excel, but for developers: it’s how applications store and analyze data.

Relational databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL are the default software for storing data. Relational DBs are all about schemas: rules for how data is stored and organized. You usually query these databases with SQL, a type of programming language that lets you pull and analyze the data in your relational DB.

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What's a relational database?

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