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Subject:Re: How do you illustrate a database? diagrams! From:Fred M Jacobson <fred -at- BOOLE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 2 Dec 1993 13:46:27 PST
Yvonne DeGraw wrote:
> In sections where we want to show the contents of a database, we use a
> variation of an "entity-relationship" diagram -- a common way of
> diagramming relational databases. There are several other ways of diagramming
> relational databases. You can probably find books on "CASE tools" that
> describe the various diagramming styles.
There is a relatively accessible description of entity-relationship
diagrams in _Diagramming_Techniques_for_Analysts_and_Programmers_ by
James Martin and Carma McClure (1985, ISBN 0-13-208794-4 in hardcover).
I find this book a handy reference for the whole range of diagrams it
covers, although Martin's tendency to promote his own ideas gets in
my way at times.
-Fred
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