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How does a database store data?

Database tables and indexes may be stored on disk in one of a number of forms, including ordered/unordered flat files, ISAM, heap files, hash buckets, or B+ trees. Each form has its own particular advantages and disadvantages. The most commonly used forms are B-trees and ISAM.


How is data stored in a database physically?

Have you ever wondered how SQL server physically stores table data internally? Well, data in tables is stored in row and column format at the logical level, but physically it stores data in something called data pages. A data page is the fundamental unit of data storage in SQL Server and it is 8KB in size.

How data is stored in database internally?

Databases use a B-tree data structure to store indexes to improve the performance of the database. Data records are stored in a B+tree structure. If no indexing use, only B+tree used to store the data. A cursor is a special pointer which used to point a record( or row) which given with page id and offset.

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