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Subject:Re: documenting a database From:quills -at- airmail -dot- net To:"doc woman" <doc -dot- woman -at- gmail -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 15 May 2007 07:01:38 -0500
At 11:26 AM +0300 5/15/07, doc woman wrote:
>I've worked on procedures, guides, manuals, etc.. now I will be documenting
>a database and I have to admit I haven't the foggiest idea how to get
>started. Any advice out there for me?
>
>Thx,
>
>Doc
I'd recommend talking about each field, the number of characters, the
type of data to be input, restrictions, even what kind of data is
desired in each field.
And then how it is input, order, etc.
Scott
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