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Originally Posted by playbox12 You are absolutely right, a database is just an organised collection of data however in SA-MP when we're talking about database we usally mean the database management system behind it like MySQL or SQLlite. If you answer a question in the scripting help section to some new guy that is figuring out what to use (usally "dini or shuld i use database but it hard?") you don't start about the difference between database types and how they are applied. You simply answer with that a database is better in this case because .... the member will understand and go with one of the two mysql plugins. However your point is valid. And guys you don't have to be rude because he quoted Y_Less and said he had a misconception..

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Originally Posted by Sinner Context is just as important as the actual meaning of the word "Database". In SA-MP, as playboy12 explained, we generally distinguish data saving structures as either "file systems" (dini, y_ini, ...) and databases (MySQL, SQLite, ...) therefore what the defenition of "Database" IS, is not of importance--as in, we don't need to know the specific categories to explain our problem. In another environment you may be discussing the difference between relational systems, flat files, ... in which case you may want to specify, but again, we don't need to do that here. I can understand your point though, sometimes it gets confusing when everyone starts calling any type of data-saving a database.

Yup, I noticed that, I actually was thinking about that as I was writing this. I guess it's simply an habit in the SA-MP community, and those who do know that it's wrong just follow the habit.

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Originally Posted by Sniper Kitty Yeah he pointed out the two different database types, Flat-File and Relational. My point was that in the SQL tutorial it doesn't specifically say that their Relational databases it just says their databases, so his logic is futile (pointless, incase you didn't know what futile means).

I was not talking about SQL databases, I was talking about relational databases, SQL DBs are part of them, but not the only ones. You're totally right in saying it was pointless, since the only relational DBs used in SA-MP are SQL, but I prefer being as general as I can.