:Base IB32.HLP
:Title InterBase Help
:Index Communication Diagnostics Help=comdg32.hlp
:Index InterBase Glossary=ibgloss.hlp
:Index InterBase Tutorial=tutorial.hlp
:Index Server Manager Help=ibmgr32.hlp
:Index Windows ISQL Help=wisql32.hlp
:Link wisql32.hlp
:Link wisql32.hlp
:Link wisql32.hlp
:Link wisql32.hlp
:Link wisql32.hlp
1 Documentation Roadmap=ib_doc_map
1 Getting started
2 Introduction to database objects
3 Overview=ib_db_obj
3 Tables=intro_tables
3 Columns=intro_cols
3 Data types=intro_data_types
3 Domains=intro_doms
3 Referential integrity constraints=intro_cons
3 Indexes=intro_idx
3 Views=intro_views
3 Stored procedures=intro_stor_procs
3 Triggers=intro_trigs
3 Generators=intro_gens
3 Security=intro_sec
2 Designing a database
3 Overview=ib_db_design
3 Design a framework=design_framework
3 Collecting and analyzing objects=collect_objs
3 Mapping entities and attributes=map_ents_atts
3 Determining unique attributes=unique_atts
3 Developing a set of rules=set_rules
3 Selecting a data type=select_data_type
3 Choosing international character sets=choose_char_sets
3 Specifying domains=specify_doms
3 Setting default values and NULL status=def_val_null
3 Defining constraints=def_constraints
3 Establishing relationships between objects=establish_obj_rels
3 How to normalize a database=normal_db
3 Eliminating repeating groups=no_repeat_grps
3 Removing partially-dependent columns=part_depend_cols
3 Removing transitively-dependent columns=trans_depend_cols
3 How to choose indexes=choose_idxs
3 InterBase-specific design suggestions=ib_suggest
1 How to create a database
2 Overview=how_create_dbs
2 General procedures
3 Using a data definition file=data_def_file
3 Creating a single-file database=single_file_db
3 Creating a multi-file database=multi_file_db
3 Specifying user name and password=spec_name_pass
3 Specifying database page size=spec_page_size
3 Specifying the default character set=spec_def_char_set
3 How to alter databases=how_alter_dbs
3 How to drop databases=how_drop_dbs
3 How to extract metadata from existing databases=how_extract_dbs
1 Data definition with Windows ISQL
:include tutorial.cnt
1 InterBase tools
:include ibmgr32.cnt
:include wisql32.cnt
2 Troubleshooting: ComDiag
:include comdg32.cnt
1 Glossary
:include ibgloss.cnt