An active database is a
database that includes an
event-driven architecture (often in the form of
ECA rules) which can respond to conditions both inside and outside the database. Possible uses include security monitoring, alerting, statistics gathering and authorization.
Most modern
relational database
A relational database is a (most commonly digital) database based on the relational model of data, as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970. A system used to maintain relational databases is a relational database management system (RDBMS). Many relatio ...
s include active database features in the form of
database triggers.
References
Types of databases
Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester
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