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    A database schema also includes indexes, views, etc. Commented Nov 18, 2008 at 13:50
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    surely this is not correct. a database is not a collection of tables as such. You can have 30 databases without having one table for instance. Commented Nov 18, 2008 at 13:57
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    @Robert - what would be the point of having a database without any tables in it? Commented Nov 18, 2008 at 14:00
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    Even if you don't have any tables, that's still a collection of tables - it's an empty collection of tables. Commented Nov 18, 2008 at 14:01
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    No point I can think of but the definition of a database doesn't change just because there is/isn't tables there. I have to agree I would expect to find tables in a database :) Commented Nov 18, 2008 at 14:03