Most of my database work has been on DB2/400. (This the native database for IBM's AS/400 series.) The reason this is important to me is because I'm transferring data from DB2/400 to MySQL. The MySQL database is optimized for reporting purposes. Most users will access the data via ODBC and, as much as possible, I want the database to be self documenting so that users can be confident they are using the correct data. I guess this is one of those situations where I'll just have to punt.
Finally, Paul, your book has been a great help in getting me up to speed on MySQL and Mark I've used your JDBC driver for a couple of years now, it's wonderful. Thanks to both of you for all of your hard work. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:07 PM To: mike markovich; Paul DuBois; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Column Header/ Column Description >----- Original Message ----- > From: "mike markovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:54 PM > Subject: RE: Column Header/ Column Description > > Paul, > > Thanks for responding. The ability to document columns, tables, databases, etc. seems pretty important to me. Why is this > not an issue to others? Am I approaching this issue the wrong way? Your thoughts would be appreciated. This is usually documented in your data model, not the database itself. Whether or not that's an Erwin or Visio diagram, or a mysqldump that's annotated. I'm interested in hearing what databases you have used that have this functionality? SQL server and Oracle do not, for example. -Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
