Database object

A database object is a structure for storing, managing and presenting application- or user-specific data in a database. Depending on the database management system (DBMS), many different types of database objects can exist.^[1][2] The following is a list of the most common types of database objects found in most relational databases (RDBMS):

• Tablespace, storage space for tables in a database
• Tables, a set of values organized into rows and columns
• Indexes, a data structure providing faster queries (at the expense of slower writing and storage to maintain the index structure)
• Views, a virtual table that is made as it is queried
• Synonyms, alternate names for a table, view, sequence or other object in a database
• Stored procedures and user-defined functions
• Triggers, procedures which are run automatically based on specific events
• Constraints, a constraint on the domain of an attribute
• User accounts, schemas and permissions

Database objects are permanent,^[3] which means that they remain in their form as long as they are not explicitly changed or deleted. Application- or user-specific database objects in relational databases are usually created with data definition language (DDL) commands, which in SQL for example can be CREATE, ALTER and DROP.^[4][5]

Rows or tuples from the database can represent objects in the sense of object-oriented programming, but are not considered database objects.^[6]