1. Uses OOPs concept. 2. Highly secured 3. Multiple users can access which is not possible in DBMS. 4. It is relational. 5. Avoids data redundancy problems using NORMAL FORMS 6. It performs all DML operations which is not possible with ordineray DBMS (it performs only INSERT n RETRIEVE) 7. Supports data Independence. 8. finally it supports DDBMS concepts too and so on.