This chapter describes a Rim database in detail.
The Rim database consists of all the column and table definitions, all of the table data (rows), and supplementary information such as passwords.
Rim name Many elements of a Rim database are identified by a name: the database name, owner and table passwords, table names, and column names. These names consist of one to sixteen characters (letters, digits, and the underscore are allowed). They may contain both upper and lower case letters but Rim will always disregard the case of letters when comparing the names. `"conductors"' and `"Conductors"' are valid names. They are also identical. `"my text"' is not a valid name because a space is not allowed.