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title: "What are tables and Fields ?"  
description: "What are tables and Fields ?"  
author: "Rahul Roi"  
published: 2019-04-06  
updated: 2020-09-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23496/what-are-tables-and-fields  
category: "mysql"  
tags: ["database", "dbms"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are tables and Fields ?

Where A table is a set of data that are organized in a model with Columns and Rows. Columns can be categorized as vertical, and Rows are horizontal. A table has a specified number of a column called fields but can have any number of rows which is called record.

Example:

Table: Employee.

Field: Emp ID, Emp Name, Date of Birth.

Data: 200456, Robot, 11/15/1960.

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## Answers

### Answer by Rahul Roi

Where A table is a set of data that are organized in a model with Columns and Rows. Columns can be categorized as vertical, and Rows are horizontal. A table has a specified number of a column called fields but can have any number of rows which is called record.

Example:

Table: Employee.

Field: Emp ID, Emp Name, Date of Birth.

Data: 200456, Robot, 11/15/1960.

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