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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 8 Jun 1994.
LINE: illustrating a database structure

LINE: illustrating a database structure

    Well it's nice to see some of those examples.  It makes me feel a bit
    better.  I've been drawing simple diagrams using ASCII line art for a
    while now.  I thought I was nuts.  Now I think I'm not, or at least I
    have a lot of company.  Here's a very typical example I was working on
    just a few days ago - it's contained within the comments to a database
    code definition file.

    							Later......BC

    PS: It really helps to have a text editor that can do `rectangular'
    cut and paste!

 ##    ##    ##    ## +------------------------------[ Bil...@UNH.EDU ]---+
 ##    ###   ##    ## |  Bill Costa                                           |
 ##    ####  ##    ## |  Computing & Information Srvs                         |
 ##    ## ## ######## |  Kingsbury Hall                PHONE: +1-603-862-3056 |
 ##    ##  ####    ## |  University of New Hampshire     FAX: +1-603-862-4778 |
 ##    ##   ###    ## |  Durham, NH  03824-3591                               |
  #######    ##    ## +------------------[ No good deed goes un-punished. ]---+

!==============================================================================
!
!         File: BUDGET.DMD
!       System: VAX/VMS version V5.5-2
!     Language: System 1032 Data Definition Language (DDL).
!   Created on: 7-JUN-1994
                    :
                    :
                    :
!

!        Ledger.DMS                                   Budget_Codes.DMS
!       +---------------------------+          1:n   +--------------------+
!       |  Transaction_Amount       |+        +----> |  Budget_Code       |+
!       |  Transaction_Description  ||+       |      |  Budget_Name       ||+
!       |  Transaction_Date         |||+      |      +--------------------+||+
!       |  Budget_Code  - - - - - - | - - - - +       +--------------------+||
!       |  Transaction_Code - - - - | - - - - +        +--------------------+|
!       |  Check_Number             ||||      |         +--------------------+
!       |  Posted_Date              ||||      |
!  1:n  |  Account_Code - - - - - - | - - -+  |       Transaction_Codes.DMS
!  +--> |  Statement_ID             ||||   |  |      +--------------------+
!  |    |  Transaction_Link         ||||   |  +----> |  Transaction_Code  |+
!  |    |  Transaction_ID           ||||   |   1:n   |  Transaction_Name  ||+
!  |    +---------------------------+|||   |         +--------------------+||+
!  |     +---------------------------+||   |          +--------------------+||
!  |      +---------------------------+|   |           +--------------------+|
!  |       +---------------------------+   |            +--------------------+
!  |                                       |
!  |                                       |          Account_Codes.DMS
!  |                                       |   1:n   +--------------------+
!  |     Statement_Info.DMS                +-------> |  Account_Code      |+
!  |    +---------------------------+                |  Account_Name      ||+
!  +--- |  Statement_ID             |+               +--------------------+||+
!       |  Date_Issued              ||+               +--------------------+||
!       |  Due_Date                 |||+               +--------------------+|
!       |  Date_Mailed              ||||                +--------------------+
!       |  Check_Number             ||||
!       |  Comments                 ||||
!       +---------------------------+|||
!        +---------------------------+||
!         +---------------------------+|
!          +---------------------------+
!

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From: w_c...@unhn.unh.edu (Bill Costa, x2-3056, Computing & Info Srvs)
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Subject: LINE: illustrating a database structure
Date: 8 Jun 1994 17:30:20 -0500
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