pstnotpd <schoenmakers_at_tpd.tno.nl> wrote in message news:<cfqfrt$fir$1_at_voyager.news.surf.net>...
> > The DBMS already contains meta-data in the form of the data
> > dictionary, which tells you what attributes (columns) each entity type
> > (table) has, and what values are permitted there (constraints). Why
> > not use that rather than reinvent it?
>
> Because the DD contains meta-data about the DBMS tables itself, which I
> didn't want.
So what sort of meta-data do you want then? I may be missing something here.
Received on Mon Aug 16 2004 - 15:15:28 CDT
