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Client-server architecture: client sends SQL queries to RDBMS server

Query parser and optimizer interprets SQL commands

Execution engine retrieves and manipulates data

Transaction manager ensures ACID compliance

Storage engine manages physical data storage and indexing

Client submits SQL query to database server

Query parser and optimizer interprets SQL command

Execution engine retrieves/manipulates data

Transaction manager ensures consistency

Results returned to client

Client-server model

Layered architecture with parser, optimizer, execution engine, storage

Transaction management for ACID compliance

Indexing and query optimization layers

Views and stored procedures for abstraction

Enterprise transactional systems (banking, e-commerce)

Data warehouses for analytics and BI

Web application backends with RDBMS

Reporting and dashboards with aggregated data

High-concurrency systems with replication and clustering

Declarative querying

Relational data integrity and normalization

ACID-compliant transactions

Standardized syntax across RDBMS

Extensible with vendor-specific features

Use indexing and query optimization

Partition large tables (sharding) if supported

Use replication for read scaling

Leverage connection pooling

Monitor slow queries and optimize execution

Export and import SQL scripts for migration

Update schema using ALTER statements

Test queries after migration

Adjust for vendor-specific SQL differences

Ensure constraints, indexes, and transactions are preserved