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Catalogs and schemas in database systems

The structure of a database defines how objects are organized in the database. Different data storage structures are used to store objects in databases. For example, the highest-level structure "Catalog">"Schema">"Table" is not applicable to all database types.
Database name Version Catalog Schema
AS/400 V5R4
DB2 -
DB2 ZOS -
Informix -
Ingres -
Microsoft SQL Server -
MySQL -
Netezza -
Oracle -
PointBase -
PostgreSQL -
SQLite -
Sybase -
Teradata -

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