来自PostgreSQL文档:

A database contains one or more named schemas, which in turn contain tables. Schemas also contain other kinds of named objects, including data types, functions, and operators. The same object name can be used in different schemas without conflict; for example, both schema1 and myschema can contain tables named mytable. Unlike databases, schemas are not rigidly separated: a user can access objects in any of the schemas in the database he is connected to, if he has privileges to do so. There are several reasons why one might want to use schemas: To allow many users to use one database without interfering with each other. To organize database objects into logical groups to make them more manageable. Third-party applications can be put into separate schemas so they do not collide with the names of other objects. Schemas are analogous to directories at the operating system level, except that schemas cannot be nested.

就像MusiGenesis说的那样，在大多数数据库中:

架构:数据库:表::平面图:房子:房间

但是，在Oracle中，它可能更容易想到:

架构:数据库:表::所有者:房子:房间

简而言之，模式是整个数据库的定义，因此它包括表、视图、存储过程、索引、主键和外键等。

数据库模式是对表、视图、存储过程等对象进行逻辑分组的一种方式。把模式看作是对象的容器。 表是行和列的集合。 所有表的组合构成一个db。

我试着根据我对以下类比的理解来回答:

A database is like the house In the house there are several types of rooms. Assuming that you're living in a really big house. You really don't want your living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, mezzanines, treehouses, etc. to look the same. They each need a blueprint to tell how to build/use them. In other words, they each need a schema to tell how to build/use a bathroom, for example. Of course, you may have several bedrooms, each looks slightly different. You and your wife/husband's bedroom is slightly different from your kids' bedroom. Each bedroom is analogous to a table in your database. A DBMS is like a butler in the house. He manages literally everything.

架构->平面图

数据库->房子

桌子->房间