Q119382 - FILE: Fw1040.exe Basic Concepts of Relational Database Design

PSS ID Number: Q119382

Article Last Modified on 02-8-2002

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0, 5.0, 6.0
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6, 2.6a
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6, 2.6a
Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh 2.5b, 2.5c
Microsoft FoxPro for UNIX 2.6

Summary

Fw1040.exe is a file that contains the Application Note entitled "Database Design (Relational vs. Flat-File)," which describes the four major areas of data processing that you should take into consideration when designing a relational database management system (RDBMS).

More Information

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

Fw1040.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Before creating a relational database management system (RDBMS) application using FoxPro, you should consider some logical design points. These design considerations involve four major areas of data processing:

Purpose

Input or data entry

Queries

Output or reports

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