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The information here is mostly metaphorical examples of real life to help explain complex database concepts in regards to Fluxx data model to serve a more general audience.

Tables

Imagine the database being made out of different spreadsheets which we call Tables. Every row on that table is representing one record of a type represented by that table. For example, if we are adding a Jane Doe as a contact to our database, here is how it would look like:

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In the Fluxx database, the column names are not the same as the labels we see in our views; column names are technically the "back-end names" of these fields (e.g. office_telephone and not "Office Telephone Number"). Everywhere else, we will see the human readable labels.

Links

Let's start this section with a story:

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