Re: documenting a database

[Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

My advice would be to get a background in databases.
Find out what type of database it is, and read the
documentation on an Open Source or easily affordable
variant to get the terminology and basic idea. Then,
if it's SQL for example, consider playing with it
directly. I use SQLite because it recognizes 92%
(approx) of SQL and installs in 1.4 minutes.

Microsoft SQL:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx

MySQL:
http://www.mysql.com/

SQLite:
http://www.sqlite.org/

> At 11:26 AM +0300 5/15/07, doc woman wrote:
> >I've worked on procedures, guides, manuals, etc..
> now I will be documenting
> >a database and I have to admit I haven't the
> foggiest idea how to get
> >started. Any advice out there for me?


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