Perhaps a diagram to illustrate database/table/rows/columns/fields #228
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I think this is a good idea. How about replacing the fields with "date/string/integers" so we can show that columns are uniform types? |
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There is a nice diagram in
http://www.datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/02-starting-with-data.html
showing a dataframe.
In http://swcarpentry.github.io/sql-novice-survey/01-select/
a similar schematic diagram might help students to
"Explain the difference between [a database,] a table, a record, and a field."
I am not much of a graphic designer but here is a suggestion:

Inkscape svg file is in this ZIP archive
DatabaseDiagram.svg.zip
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