What are the properties of the Relational tables?

Question

Explain about the properties of the Relational tables

Answer 1

SQL server supports following locks

• Shared lock
• Update lock
• Exclusive lock

Shared lock

Shared Lock allows simultaneous access of record by multiple Select statements.
Shared Lock blocks record from updating and will remain in queue waiting while record is accessed for reading.
If update process is going on then read command will have to wait until updating process finishes.

Update locks

This lock is used with the resources to be updated.

Exclusive locks

This kind of lock is used with data modification operations like update, insert or delete.

Answer 2

Relational tables have six properties:
1. Values are atomic.
2. Column values are of the same kind.
3. Each row is unique.
4. The sequence of columns is insignificant.
5. The sequence of rows is insignificant.
6. Each column must have a unique name.