databases and the clamp

Recently in class we have been learning about databases and all of their benefits. They are so much better than hand physical files because clearly trying to record all of the sales of the clamp by hand would take a very long time. Even using a word or notepad document would be pretty insufficient because the whole point of this type of system is for organization.

A word of notepad file would not do the job either because they do not allow you to organize the information that you are working with. Unless you create a table within the word document but that does not have the capabilities for organization that the database would. Another option to organize information wold be the use of excel.

Excel lets you create files of information with many columns for storage but it does not let you do the same things that a database would. A database allows you to work with only one set of information at a time. If I wanted to see who was purchasing the clamp, I cold search them on the database and pull up their specific information. The clamp would benefit greatly from the use of a database.