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$10.00 File and Database Processing

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Under what circumstances would you use a
sequential file over a database? Describe these circumstances. When would a database
be more beneficial than a sequential file? Is it possible for the two types of permanent
storage to be used interchangeably? Explain your answers.
 


   
   
   
   
 
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$10.00 IT210 - Sequential and Selection Processing Control Structure - GUARANTEED A+

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Preview: ... tabase files. Therefore, they could be useful in small applications, or in cases where there aren't going to be very many records. For example, a payroll program of a small business might be best implemented with a sequential file. That way, the data file itself can be read, and since the file isn't ve ...

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$5.00 IT210 - Week 7 Discussion Question 1

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Preview: ... hen I would use a sequential file. <br><br><br><br>When would a database be more beneficial than a sequential file?<br><br> Using a database I could update information on any file or piece of data individually. I can skip directly to that piece of information to update, modify, or delete. This makes the job much easier and faster. If I were a shift manager at a job and had, for example, 50 employees under my belt, I would use a datab ...

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