Creating the Database
•The cold-start script
•Create tables and views
•Default table structures (date-time
and user stamps, optional revision tracking)
•Fields types are represented
symbolically (can be changed and the database rebuilt with new field sizes for the changes symbolic
definitions
•Simple application-specific script
runs with a setup framework to create the database
•Additional scripts can be used to make
changes to instances
of the database
•A parameter specifies the target database location