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Database Items Introduction

Last updated on June 26, 2024.

A database item or 'record' is a unit of data stored in a database table. If the database fields correspond to a database table's columns, the rows that get populated via user forms and APIs are its database items.

A database item must always be associated with exactly one table. Using a database of books as an analogy, individual books in your application will be database item objects tied to the 'book' table. You are able to set actual values for the 'title' and 'author' of each book. For example, one of your database items could be a record with the title '1984' and the author 'George Orwell'.

Note

The terms 'Database Item' and 'Record' mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably. We use the term 'Database Item' in the technical documentation. The term 'Record', however, is used throughout the code as a convention.
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