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Subject:Re: Data Dictionary From:Mary Nurminen <manurmin -at- TRE -dot- TELE -dot- NOKIA -dot- FI> Date:Mon, 6 Apr 1998 10:02:28 +0300
Michelle Nolan asked:
>
> I have been asked to write a data dictionary for an Oracle database,
> which uses MS Access as its front end application. I?ve never done this
> before, and would appreciate any and all advice on data dictionaries
> (what is included, how to construct, etc.). What is involved and how
> can I come up to speed in a very short period of time?
>
We have some information in an MS Access database, and have a need for a
dictionary of that information in document form. We automatically generate an
SGML document directly from the database. Fast, easy, and no keeping up of
information in 2 different places.
