Data Transformation Engine Database Interface Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 2 - Basics Mercator Database Interface Designer Window
Database Interface Designer Reference Guide
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Navigator Icons
In addition to the hierarchical structure indicating the contents of each .mdq file,
information about entries in the Navigator is visually conveyed using different
icon representations defining the object and its state. For example, when a type
tree has been generated for a query, the query icon changes to represent the
existence of a generated type tree.
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Products
query
with no type tree
CUSTOMERS
database/query file
Orders
database
Sales by Year
stored procedures with
generated type tree
Categories
table
with update keys
Current Product List
table with no
update keys
1999Customers
query with
generated type tree
This Navigator example shows an .mdq file named CUSTOMERS and visually
represents the status and the objects it contains. The following information has
been defined:
♦ a database named Orders
♦ two queries named 1999Customers and Products
! a type tree has been generated for 1999Customers
! no type tree has been generated for Products
♦ a type tree has been generated for the Sales by Year stored procedure
♦ a type tree has been generated for the Product List table