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river1

Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:28 AM

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Hi,

Some company asked for the database dictionary. I have to give them that information but i am not choore of what that is. Is there any tool that can generate such information?

Thank you.

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SanjayAttray

Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:39 AM

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Is it this, that you are looking for?

http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1499
http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1619

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river1

Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:47 AM

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Thank you very much for the links.

I have read them (the links) and now i know what a database dictionary is...

But i still have a problem , i do not have created the extended properties in the tables when i designed the database...

Isn't there a tool or a way in SQL Server to create a script that fills this extended properties with the information about the tables and the column in it, so i can then generate the dictionary?

My extended properties are in blank (no informaiton)

I have Erwin 7.1 , visio 7 and management studio as tools. Does any of this tools can generate information so i can then receive the datadicionary?

Thank you.

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mar1jxm

Posted Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:26 PM

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In my opinion the BI Documenter 4.0 - is the best!

Try this: http://www.pragmaticworks.com/Products/Business-Intelligence/BIDocumenter/Default.aspx

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Jacob Milter

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