:Base IB32.HLP :Title InterBase Help :Index Communication Diagnostics Help=comdg32.hlp :Index InterBase Glossary=ibgloss.hlp :Index InterBase Tutorial=tutorial.hlp :Index Server Manager Help=ibmgr32.hlp :Index Windows ISQL Help=wisql32.hlp :Link wisql32.hlp :Link wisql32.hlp :Link wisql32.hlp :Link wisql32.hlp :Link wisql32.hlp 1 Documentation Roadmap=ib_doc_map 1 Getting started 2 Introduction to database objects 3 Overview=ib_db_obj 3 Tables=intro_tables 3 Columns=intro_cols 3 Data types=intro_data_types 3 Domains=intro_doms 3 Referential integrity constraints=intro_cons 3 Indexes=intro_idx 3 Views=intro_views 3 Stored procedures=intro_stor_procs 3 Triggers=intro_trigs 3 Generators=intro_gens 3 Security=intro_sec 2 Designing a database 3 Overview=ib_db_design 3 Design a framework=design_framework 3 Collecting and analyzing objects=collect_objs 3 Mapping entities and attributes=map_ents_atts 3 Determining unique attributes=unique_atts 3 Developing a set of rules=set_rules 3 Selecting a data type=select_data_type 3 Choosing international character sets=choose_char_sets 3 Specifying domains=specify_doms 3 Setting default values and NULL status=def_val_null 3 Defining constraints=def_constraints 3 Establishing relationships between objects=establish_obj_rels 3 How to normalize a database=normal_db 3 Eliminating repeating groups=no_repeat_grps 3 Removing partially-dependent columns=part_depend_cols 3 Removing transitively-dependent columns=trans_depend_cols 3 How to choose indexes=choose_idxs 3 InterBase-specific design suggestions=ib_suggest 1 How to create a database 2 Overview=how_create_dbs 2 General procedures 3 Using a data definition file=data_def_file 3 Creating a single-file database=single_file_db 3 Creating a multi-file database=multi_file_db 3 Specifying user name and password=spec_name_pass 3 Specifying database page size=spec_page_size 3 Specifying the default character set=spec_def_char_set 3 How to alter databases=how_alter_dbs 3 How to drop databases=how_drop_dbs 3 How to extract metadata from existing databases=how_extract_dbs 1 Data definition with Windows ISQL 1 InterBase tools :include ibmgr32.cnt :include wisql32.cnt 2 Troubleshooting: ComDiag :include comdg32.cnt 1 Glossary :include ibgloss.cnt