Mention the pros and cons of relational data model?

      

Mention the pros and cons of relational data model?

  

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Pros of relational data model:
1. The relational data model is a well formed and data independent model which is easy to use for applications which fit well into the model.
2. The data used by most business applications fits this model, and that business applications were the first large customers of database system explains the popularity of the model.

Cons of relational data model:
1. The simplicity of the model restricts the amount of semantics, which can be expressed directly by the database.
2. Different groups of information, or tables, must be joined in many cases to retrieve data
Mwalimu Bonface answered the question on March 1, 2018 at 10:09


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