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List of different categories of tools that you can use to create an ER diagram of your existing database to visualise it...
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Data Dictioanary, Data Glossary and Business Glossary, are they the same?
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Elements of typical Business Glossary implementations and tools.
A comparison of Dataedo to popular data modeling tools.
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Dataedo 7.4 adds important data governance and metadata management feature - Business Glossary.
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Dataedo 7.2 brings new amazing database documentation features.
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A tutorial that shows how to document SQL Server database with Visual Studio and then export it to PDF and HTML.
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Overview of capabilities of commenting objects in Oracle database.
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On documenting REST APIs and the need of documenting database too.
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My research revealed that most major ERP and CRM applications do not use foreign key constraints in their databases.
List of SQL queries for SQL Server system catalog / data dictionary handy for any DBA.
The differences between documenting database schema and application code.
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A compilation of reasons why databases don't have defined foreign keys.
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A compilation of best practices documenting stored procedures and functions in relational databases.
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A comparison between two database documentation tools - Dataedo and Redgate SQL Doc.
ER Diagram or Data Dictionary. What they are and which is better for documenting data models.
Part two of tutorials on creating Data Dictionaries with Dataedo.
List of handy SQL queries to the Oracle database data dictionary
Dataedo 5.2 is out. See what's new.
What is metadata in databases and why it's important to be able to find, access and use data.
Any software development project that has uses some kind of database needs a Data Dictionary. Learn why.
Subjective list of reasons why databases don't get documented in your team or organization.
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Tutorial on creating Data Dictionaries with Dataedo.
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What is the difference between logical and physical Data Dictionary.
Dataedo 4.1 release notes.
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