How do you illustrate a database?

Subject: How do you illustrate a database?
From: Steven Owens <uso01 -at- MAILHOST -dot- UNIDATA -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 14:15:12 -0600

Yvonne DeGraw says:
> In sections where we want to show the contents of a database, we use a
> variation of an "entity-relationship" diagram -- a common way of
> diagramming relational databases. There are several other ways of diagramming
> relational databases. You can probably find books on "CASE tools" that
> describe the various diagramming styles.

Hm... I have a feeling I should know what you're referring to here (entity
relationship diagrams) but I can't place it. Could you provide a little more
description? How about some references to database design books that might
describe this?

Steven J. Owens
uso01 -at- unidata -dot- com


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