Active database

An active database is a database that includes an event-driven architecture (often in the form of ECA rules) which can respond to conditions both inside and outside the database. Possible uses include security monitoring, alerting, statistics gathering and authorization.[1]

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

References

  1. ↑ Paton, Norman W.; Díaz, Oscar (1999). "Active database systems". ACM Computing Surveys 31: 63. doi:10.1145/311531.311623.