Articles and Tutorials
DeZign for Databases
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Basics of database modeling
Learn the basic steps in designing/modeling a database. -
Database Normalization
Learn how to normalize a data model. - Getting started with DeZign for Databases
Start making a data model immediately. - Display data types in a diagram
Learn how to display data type and/or domain info in the entity boxes on your diagram. - Brighten up your data model diagrams: give them color
A diagram gets more readble through the use of coloring. DeZign for Databases has several features to give color to your diagrams. -
Many-to-Many relationships
Learn about many-to-many relationships. -
Benefits of using domains
Domains are reusable user-defined types that promote consistent domain definitions. Read what the benefits are of using domains in your data model/database. - How to make a DB2 structure dump
- What is an Entity Relationship Diagram?
- Store images in the databases
- Identifying and non-identifying relationships
- Data type for storing rich text format (rtf)
- Keywords in default values
- About primary keys and auto increment columns
- Check constraint benefits
- How to make a mysql structure dump
- About database definition files
- How to make a ms sql server structure dump
Datanamic DataDiff
- Getting started with Datanamic DataDiff
Learn to do a basic comparison and synchronization of data in two databases.
Datanamic SchemaDiff
- Getting started with Datanamic SchemaDiff
Learn to do a basic comparison and synchronization of two database schemas (structure).
Datanamic Data Generator
- Generate meaningful data using masks
One way to generate meaningful data that matches your needs is to fill a field using the "Random text using mask" generator.