Datascope: A tutorial
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CHAPTER 1
Overview
Datascope: What is it? ...............................................1 Datascope: Features ...................................................2 Datascope: What is it good for?.................................3
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CHAPTER 2
Test Drive
What is a relational database? ...................................6 dbe: a window on a database .....................................6 Viewing a table ...........................................................7 Viewing schema information.......................................7 Performing a join........................................................9 What about the join conditions?...............................10 Arranging fields in a window....................................11 Viewing data in a record view...................................12 Other database operations .......................................13 Creating a subset view..............................................14 Using dbunjoin to create a subset database .............15 Editing a database ....................................................16 Simple graphing........................................................17 Summary