[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":73},["ShallowReactive",2],{"term-c\u002Fcolumn":3,"related-c\u002Fcolumn":60},{"id":4,"title":5,"acronym":6,"body":7,"category":40,"description":41,"difficulty":42,"extension":43,"letter":44,"meta":45,"navigation":46,"path":47,"related":48,"seo":54,"sitemap":55,"stem":58,"subcategory":6,"__hash__":59},"terms\u002Fterms\u002Fc\u002Fcolumn.md","Column",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":33},"minimark",[10,15,19,23,26,30],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"eli5-the-vibe-check","ELI5 — The Vibe Check",[16,17,18],"p",{},"A column is a category of data in a table. If a table is a spreadsheet, columns are the headers: 'Name', 'Email', 'Age'. Every row in the table has a value (or empty slot) for each column.",[11,20,22],{"id":21},"real-talk","Real Talk",[16,24,25],{},"A column (also called a field or attribute) is a vertical component of a table that defines a specific data attribute. Each column has a name, a data type (VARCHAR, INTEGER, BOOLEAN, etc.), and optional constraints (NOT NULL, UNIQUE, DEFAULT).",[11,27,29],{"id":28},"when-youll-hear-this","When You'll Hear This",[16,31,32],{},"\"Add a 'phone_number' column to the users table.\" \u002F \"That column stores the timestamp of when the record was created.\"",{"title":34,"searchDepth":35,"depth":35,"links":36},"",2,[37,38,39],{"id":13,"depth":35,"text":14},{"id":21,"depth":35,"text":22},{"id":28,"depth":35,"text":29},"database","A column is a category of data in a table. If a table is a spreadsheet, columns are the headers: 'Name', 'Email', 'Age'.","beginner","md","c",{},true,"\u002Fterms\u002Fc\u002Fcolumn",[49,50,51,52,53],"Table","Row","Field","Data Type","Schema",{"title":5,"description":41},{"changefreq":56,"priority":57},"weekly",0.7,"terms\u002Fc\u002Fcolumn","ZI43qJn7Uih3c1pXSYxz1uW6izuOuESodGyJPnBVpkg",[61,64,67,70],{"title":51,"path":62,"acronym":6,"category":40,"difficulty":42,"description":63},"\u002Fterms\u002Ff\u002Ffield","A field is the intersection of a row and a column — the actual single value stored there. If the 'email' column for user #5 says 'alex@example.",{"title":50,"path":65,"acronym":6,"category":40,"difficulty":42,"description":66},"\u002Fterms\u002Fr\u002Frow","A row is one single record in a table. If your users table has 500 users, it has 500 rows.",{"title":53,"path":68,"acronym":6,"category":40,"difficulty":42,"description":69},"\u002Fterms\u002Fs\u002Fschema","A database schema is the blueprint of your database — which tables exist, what columns they have, what types they are, and how they relate to each other.",{"title":49,"path":71,"acronym":6,"category":40,"difficulty":42,"description":72},"\u002Fterms\u002Ft\u002Ftable","A database table is exactly like a spreadsheet tab. It has columns across the top (name, email, age) and rows going down (one per person).",1776518267443]