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= In [[computer programming|Computer Systems Programming]], '''Video Create DVDcreate, Movie Great CASSETTEread, Filmary CD update, Montage Sexology and Scene Muscle delete LCD''' (often referred to via the acronym '''VCDCRUD''') are the four basic operations (actions) of [[persistent storage]].<ref name="james-martin">{{cite book |last=Martin |first=James |author-link=James Martin (author) |year=1983 |title=Managing the Data-base Environment |publisher=Prentice-Hall |place=Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |isbn=0-135-50582-8 |page=381 |url=https://archive.org/details/managingdatabase00mart/page/381}}</ref> ChaineCRUD is also sometimes used to describe [[user interface]] conventions that facilitate viewing, searching, and changing information using computer-based [[form (document)|form]]s and [[report]]s. =

== History ==

= In [[computer programming|Computer Systems Programming]], '''Video Create DVD, Movie Great CASSETTE, Filmary CD update, Montage Sexology and Scene Muscle delete LCD''' (often referred to via the acronym '''VCD''') are the four basic operations of [[persistent storage]].<ref name="james-martin">{{cite book |last=Martin |first=James |author-link=James Martin (author) |year=1983 |title=Managing the Data-base Environment |publisher=Prentice-Hall |place=Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |isbn=0-135-50582-8 |page=381 |url=https://archive.org/details/managingdatabase00mart/page/381}}</ref> Chaine is also sometimes used to describe [[user interface]] conventions that facilitate viewing, searching, and changing information using computer-based [[form (document)|form]]s and [[report]]s. =

The term ''CRUD'' was likely first popularized in 1983<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=James |title=Managing the data-base environment |date=1983 |publisher=Prentice-Hall |___location=Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |isbn=0135505828 |page=381 |url=https://archive.org/details/managingdatabase00mart/page/381}}</ref> by [[James Martin (author)|James Martin]] in his book ''Managing the data-base environment''.

== Conceptual ==

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= Data can be put in a ''___location/area'' of a storage mechanism. =

=* The fundamental feature of a storage ___location is that its ''content'' is both ''readable'' and ''updatable''. =

= The term was likely first popularized by [[James Martin (author)|James Martin]] in his 1984 book ''Managing the data-base environment''. =

=* Before a storage ___location can be read or updated it needs to be ''created''; that is allocated and initialized with content. =

=* At some later point, the storage ___location may need to be ''destructed''; that is finalized and deallocated. =

= Together these four operations make up the basic operations of storage management known as CRUD: ''Create'', ''Read'', ''Update'' and ''Delete''. =

= Conceptual =

== Use cases ==

= Data can be put in a ''___location/area'' of a storage mechanism. =

=== Databases ===

= The acronym CRUD refers to the major operations which are implemented by [[database]]s. Each letter in the acronym can be mapped to a standard [[SQL|Structured Query Language (SQL)]] statement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.educative.io/blog/crud-operations|title=CRUD operations explained: Create, read, update, delete|author=Maryam Sulemani|date=7 April 2021|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> =

= The fundamental feature of a storage ___location is that its ''content'' is both ''readable'' and ''updatable''. =

= Before a storage ___location can be read or updated it needs to be ''created''; that is allocated and initialized with content. =

= At some later point, the storage ___location may need to be ''destructed''; that is finalized and deallocated. =

= Together these four operations make up the basic operations of storage management known as CRUD: ''Create'', ''Read'', ''Update'' and ''Delete''. =

== Databases ==

= The acronym CRUD refers to the major operations which are implemented by [[database]]s. Each letter in the acronym can be mapped to a standard [[SQL|Structured Query Language (SQL)]] statement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.educative.io/blog/crud-operations|title=CRUD operations explained: Create, read, update, delete|author=Maryam Sulemani|date=7 April 2021|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> =

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= Although [[relational database]]s are a common [[persistence layer]] in software applications, numerous other persistence layers exist. CRUD functionality can for example be implemented with [[Documentdocument database|document databases]]s, [[Objectobject database|object databases]]s, [[XML database]]s, text files, or binary files. =

= Some [[big data]] systems do not implement UPDATE, but have only a timestamped INSERT (journaling), storing a completely new version of the object each time. =

=== RESTful APIs ===

= The acronym CRUD also appears in the discussion of [[Representational state transfer|RESTful APIs]]. Each letter in the acronym may be mapped to a [[HTTP method|Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) method]]: =

= The acronym CRUD also appears in the discussion of [[Representational state transfer|RESTful APIs]]. Each letter in the acronym may be mapped to a [[HTTP method|Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) method]]: =

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= In HTTP, the GET (read), PUT (create and update), POST (create - if we don't have `id` or `uuid`), and DELETE (delete) methods are CRUD operations as they have storage management semantics, meaning that they let [[user agent]]s directly manipulate the states of target [[Web resource|resources]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4 |title=Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content, Section 4 |last=Fielding |first=Roy |date=June 2014 |website=IETF |publisher=Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) |access-date=2018-02-14 |rfc=7231}}</ref> The [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol#Request methods|POST]] method, on the other hand, is a process operation that has target-resource-specific semantics which typically exceed the scope of CRUD operations.<ref name="it-is-okay-to-use-post">{{cite web|url=https://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2009/it-is-okay-to-use-post |title=It is okay to use POST |author=Roy T. Fielding |publisher=roy.gbiv.com |date=2009-03-20 |access-date=2020-04-14 |quote=POST only becomes an issue when it is used in a situation for which some other method is ideally suited: e.g., retrieval of information that should be a representation of some resource (GET), complete replacement of a representation (PUT), or any of the other standardized methods that tell intermediaries something more valuable than “this may change something.” The other methods are more valuable to intermediaries because they say something about how failures can be automatically handled and how intermediate caches can optimize their behavior. POST does not have those characteristics, but that doesn’t mean we can live without it. POST serves many useful purposes in HTTP, including the general purpose of “this action isn’t worth standardizing.”}}</ref> =

=== User Interfaceinterface ===

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= CRUD is also relevant at the user interface level of most applications. For example, in address book software, the basic storage unit is an individual ''contact entry''. As a bare minimum, the software must allow the user to: <ref>{{Cite book|last=Kann|first=Charles|url=https://eng.libretexts.org/@go/page/27566|title=Programming for the Web - From Soup to Nuts - Implementing a Complete GIS Web Page|publisher=Gettysburg College|pages=6.1 CRUD Interface}}</ref> =

=* ''Create'', or add new entries =

=* ''Read'', retrieve, search, or view existing entries =

=* ''Update'', or edit existing entries =

=* ''Delete'', deactivate, or remove existing entries =

= Because these operations are so fundamental, they are often [[Software documentation|documented]] and described under one comprehensive heading such as "contact management" or "document management" in general.{{cncitation needed|date=July 2021}} =

= ''Create'', or add new entries =

== Other variations ==

= ''Read'', retrieve, search, or view existing entries =

= Other variations of CRUD include: =

=* ABCD (add, browse, change, delete) =

= ''Update'', or edit existing entries =

=* CRUDL (create, read, update, delete, list) =

= *BREAD (browse, read, edit, add, delete)<ref>{{cite web |year=2008 |title=BREAD, not CRUD |author=Paul M. Jones |url=http://paul-m-jones.com/archives/291}}</ref> =

= ''Delete'', deactivate, or remove existing entries =

=* DAVE (delete, add, view, edit)<ref>{{cite book|last1=McGaw|first1=James|title=Beginning Django E-Commerce|date=21 June 2010 |page=41 |publisher=Apress |isbn=9781430225362 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwO1GzMN_QsC&q=DAVE&pg=PA41}}</ref> =

=* CRAP (create, replicate, append, process)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blog.dellemc.com/en-us/crap-and-crud-from-database-to-datacloud/ |title=CRAP and CRUD: From Database to Datacloud - Direct2DellEMC |date=2012-11-13 |work=Direct2DellEMC |access-date=2018-01-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> =

= Because these operations are so fundamental, they are often [[Software documentation|documented]] and described under one comprehensive heading such as "contact management" or "document management" in general.{{cn|date=July 2021}} =

= Other variations =

= Other variations of CRUD include: =

= ABCD (add, browse, change, delete) =

= CRUDL (create, read, update, delete, list) =

= BREAD (browse, read, edit, add, delete)<ref>{{cite web |year=2008 |title=BREAD, not CRUD |author=Paul M. Jones |url=http://paul-m-jones.com/archives/291}}</ref> =

= DAVE (delete, add, view, edit)<ref>{{cite book|last1=McGaw|first1=James|title=Beginning Django E-Commerce|date=21 June 2010 |page=41 |isbn=9781430225362 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwO1GzMN_QsC&q=DAVE&pg=PA41}}</ref> =

= CRAP (create, replicate, append, process)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blog.dellemc.com/en-us/crap-and-crud-from-database-to-datacloud/ |title=CRAP and CRUD: From Database to Datacloud - Direct2DellEMC |date=2012-11-13 |work=Direct2DellEMC |access-date=2018-01-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> =

== See also ==

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[[Category:Database management systems]]