The diagram tool in Enterprise Manager. I'm sure it's nothing special, but it makes creating the db easier because I can see the whole thing at once.
Matthew Small Web Developer American City Business Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Eric Carlisle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:02 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: SQL relationships True... What diagram tool did you find that you like? Ian Skinner wrote: >One Reason: > >Because someday you many not be the one who needs to understand. > > >-------------- >Ian Skinner >Web Programmer >BloodSource >www.BloodSource.org >Sacramento, CA > >"C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" >- Cynthia Dunning > >....-----Original Message----- >....From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >....Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:53 AM >....To: CF-Community >....Subject: SQL relationships >.... >....For the past 8 years I've been working with SQL, I've never really >....understood how to use the relational diagrams that use primary and >....foreign >....keys. I just recently found the diagram tool in SQL and I like it for >....laying out my new databases. However, even though I understand the >....concepts, I don't really see the use of connecting the tables together in >....these diagrams, of declaring the foreign and primary keys in these >....things. >....In my programming, I know which tables are related to other tables, but >....why >....is it good to tell the db what these relationships are? >.... >.... >.... >....Thanks, >.... >.... >.... >....Matthew Small >.... >....Web Developer >.... >....American City Business Journals >.... >....704-973-1045 >.... >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159473 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
