The database is logically divided into one or more tablespaces.
For each tablespace we explicitly create one or more datafiles.

One Response to “Explain the relationship among database, tablespace, and datafile.”

1. santhosh.h says:

   August 2, 2010 at 10:09 pm

   Table space is a logical name for a set of datafiles.
   Data files are physical file which hold data