active database

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In computing, an active database is a database that includes an event-driven architecture (often in the form of ECA rules) that can respond to conditions both inside and outside the database. Possible uses include security monitoring, alerting, statistics gathering and authorization.{{Cite journal | last1 = Paton | first1 = Norman W. | author-link = Norman Paton| last2 = Díaz | first2 = Oscar | doi = 10.1145/311531.311623 | title = Active database systems | journal = ACM Computing Surveys | volume = 31 | pages = 63–103 | year = 1999 | url = http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~norm/papers/surveys.pdf| citeseerx = 10.1.1.34.8207 }}

Most modern relational databases include active database features in the form of database triggers.