Conventional Files Versus the Database
The Pros and Cons of Database
- Pros:
- The principal advantage of a database is the ability to share the same data across multiple applications and systems.
- Database technology offers the advantage of storing data in flexible formats.
- Databases allow the use of the data in ways not originally specified by the end-users - data independence.
- The database scope can even be extended without impacting existing programs that use it.
- New fields and record types can be added to the database without affecting current programs.