Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Data Dictionary

What tool can I use to create a data dictionary for a MS SQL database?Hi,
APEXSQL has got a very good tool for creating a data dictionary.
http://www.apexsql.com/sql_tools_doc.asp
Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP
"docsql" <docsql@.noemail.nospam> wrote in message
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> What tool can I use to create a data dictionary for a MS SQL database?
>|||Anything that comes with SQL Server installation?
"Hari Prasad" <hari_prasad_k@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> APEXSQL has got a very good tool for creating a data dictionary.
> http://www.apexsql.com/sql_tools_doc.asp
> Thanks
> Hari
> SQL Server MVP
> "docsql" <docsql@.noemail.nospam> wrote in message
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>> What tool can I use to create a data dictionary for a MS SQL database?
>|||Hello,
Unfortunately there isn't pre-packaged, off-the-shelf tools for creating
and maintaining data dictionaries at present. You might want to see if the
"extended properties" concept is useful for you. For more information refer
to the following article:
Extended Properties in SQL Server 2000
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlpro02/
html/sql02a10.asp
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