Chapter 5. Relational Database Design
In this chapter
Working with Entities and Attributes
Understanding the Role of Keys in Database Design
Many-to-Many Relationships: Solving the Puzzle
Normalizing Data: What Goes Where
The Basics of Process Analysis
FileMaker Extra: Complex Many-to-Many Relationships
Understanding Database Design
By now you’ve designed a simple FileMaker database and built some nice data-entry screens and some reports. Your friends and co-workers are clamoring for you to add features. Can your system do invoicing? Inventory tracking? Bar-coding?
Well, it can probably do all those things. But it’s going to take some planning. ...
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