2. Table form 

1. File Form      

• SQL server database have three types of file:

                        a.Primary File

                        b.Secondary File

                        c. Transaction Log  

a.Primary File:-       

• The primary data file contains the startup information for the database and point to the others file in database.
• User data and object can be stored in this file or secondary data file.
• Every database has one primary data file.
• The recommended file name extension for primary data file is ".mdf ".         

b.Secondary File:-      

• Secondary data files are optional,are user defined and store user data.
• Secondary files can be  used  to spread data across multiple disk by putting each file on a different disk drive.
• If a database exceeds the maximum size for a single windows file you can use secondary data files so the database can continue grow.
• The recommended file name extension for secondary data files is ".ndf".

c.Transaction Log:-

• The  transaction log files hold the log information that is used to recover the database.
• There must be at least one log file for each database.
• The recommended file name extension for transaction log is ".ldf".

2.Table Form

• SQL table is a collection of data which is organized in terms of rows and columns.
• In DBMS,the table as known as relation and row as a tuples.
• Table is a simple form of  data storage.A table  is also convenient representation of relation.
• Tables contains multiple records (Rows and Columns ).

What is Database

• A database is a systematic collection of data .
• Database support storage and manipulation of data.
• Database make data management easy.

Table And Record

• A table in a relational database is a predefined format of rows and column that define an entity.
• Each column contains a different type of attribute and each row corresponds to a single record.
• Each table is provided with a name.

Example:-

                    SID              Name          Address             Contact

                   1001              Shiva            Delhi                  123456

                   1002              Ram            Mumbai               987658

                   1003               Sri               Pune                   435675  --------> Record(Row)