Database Users

Users are distinguished by the way they expect to interrelate with the system.

• Application programmers – interrelate with system all the way through DML calls
• Sophisticated users – form requests in a database query language
• Specialized users – write dedicated database applications that do not fit into the traditional data processing framework
• Naive users – appeal to one of the permanent application programs that have been written formerly

Examples, people accessing database in excess of the web, bank tellers, clerical staff