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Prof. Dr. Dirk Schieborn

AM3 Data Analysis and Machine Learning · Reutlingen University

Lecture film · AM3

A Pot Full of Tables: The Relational Model

Lecture film · AM3

A Pot Full of Tables: The Relational Model

Prof. Dr. Dirk Schieborn

AM3 Data Analysis and Machine Learning · Reutlingen University

A database is a pot full of tables, connected by keys. An index finds one row among 100 million in three steps, and SQL only says what you want to know.

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A Pot Full of Tables: The Relational Model

Prof. Dr. Dirk SchiebornAM3 Data Analysis and Machine Learning · Reutlingen University

NewOct 18, 2026 · 5 chapters

An explainer film in five chapters, made from a real lecture: why a course on machine learning starts with tables, what relation, attribute and tuple mean, how keys connect tables like joints, how a database finds one row among 100 million in three steps, and why SQL only says what should come out. Pause anywhere and ask.

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