Chapter 3    Transforming an External Relational Database

This chapter covers the following topics.

• Overview

• Defining Your External Database Schema

  • Using the Databases Menu

• Adding an External Database Schema

  • Specifying a Name for Your External Database Schema

  • Establishing the Connection to the External Database

  • Selecting Tables for Exclusion from the Schema

  • Specifying Class and Property Name Identifiers

  • Creating Classes from Tables

  • Defining Attributes for a Class

  • Defining Collection Classes

  • Adding References to a Class

  • Refining the Class Membership Query

  • Inspecting Collection Class Queries

  • Inspecting Reference Queries

  • Finishing Your External Database Schema Definition

• Deleting an External Database Schema

• Changing an External Database Schema

• Viewing an External Database Definition in Read-Only Mode

• Printing an External Database Schema

• Extracting an External Database Schema

• Loading an External Database Schema