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Design a Better Microsoft Visual FoxPro Database with a Data Dictionary

Get step-by-step instructions to create a data dictionary that makes designing a database easier.

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By Thomas Francl

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Data dictionaries help you design databases consistently and satisfy system documentation requirements. Even though data dictionaries have been around for at least 30 years, most systems designers/programmers have shunned this technology since dictionaries are perceived as a documentation task better left to clerical staff. And they're missing out.

Keyword Tags: Database Development, Microsoft, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, Software Development

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Web Edition: 2007 Week 39, Doc #18900

Print Edition: August / September 2007

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