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