Different Types of Database users in Database management system(DBMS), Application programmers, Sophisticated users, Specialized users, Naive users

Different Types of Database users in Database management system(DBMS), Application programmers, Sophisticated users, Specialized users, Naive users


Users are differentiated by the way they expect to interact with
the system
1.) Application programmers – interact with system through DML calls


2.) Sophisticated users – form requests in a database query language


3.) Specialized users – write specialized database applications that
do not fit into the traditional data processing framework


4.) Naive users – invoke one of the permanent application programs that have been written previously
E.g. people accessing database over the web, bank tellers, clerical
staff