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A table makes up a collection of column_types that can be joined together in
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order to create relational result sets. Each record is called a row, and a
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table can have an infinite set of rows.
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A table makes up a collection of :doc:`/columntypes` that
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can be joined together in order to create relational result sets.
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Each record in the table is called a row, and a table can have an infinite
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set of rows. Each row represents one piece of data, and each column can
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be thought of as representing a component of that piece of data.
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So, for example, if we have a table for a customer information, then
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the columns may include information such as First Name, Last Name,
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Address, City, Country, Birth Date, and so on. As a result, tables have
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column headers, which specify the data types for that particular column.