Grouping related data
When a value is more than a single number — a user with a name, email and age — you want to bundle the fields together under one name. SQL provides objects (or structs / records / dictionaries depending on the language) to do exactly that.
```sql
-- A table is the SQL equivalent of an object/record collection:
INSERT INTO users (id, name, age, active)
VALUES (1, 'Aman', 20, TRUE);SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = 1; ```
Methods
Many languages let an object carry not only data but also functions ("methods") that operate on that data. This style is called object-oriented programming and is the dominant way to organise large programs.
When to make a new type
If you find yourself passing three or four related values into every function — say x, y and z of a 3-D point — that is a clear signal to introduce a new object type that holds them together. The code becomes shorter, safer and easier to extend.