In this paper, some new techniques of database, including object-oriented database, multimedia database, distributed database, federated detabase, client/server database, Web database, data warehouse and data mining are introduced.

• 介绍有关数据库的若干最新技术，包括面向对象数据库、多媒体数据库、分布式数据库与联邦式数据库、客户/服务器数据库、Web数据库、以及数据仓库和数据开采技术。