Re: Documenting databases

I think you can download a software called DataPublisher from AgileInfoSoftware, it will automatically document the database for you. http://www.agileinfosoftware.com/download/products.asp. The output is very impressive.

Eric

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> Recently our database manager has asked us to do the unthinkable....
> document our databases! To make matters worse, and without our input, he
> went ahead and created a schema and put it in an Access database (using
> tables to make it look like a speadsheet). Either we use his idea or come
> up with something else.
> So, I thought I'd ask everyone on the list how you do it. Text files?
> In a database (oracle, or other)? Spreadsheets? What are the pros and
> cons? Etc....
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> Thanks,
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> Alan
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> Alan Aschenbrenner
> Oracle DBA
> IHS Group
> alan.aschenbrenner_at_ihs.com
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