Some application design systems, such as Sybase PowerDesigner®, contain facilities for creating database objects. These tools construct SQL statements that are submitted to the server, typically through its ODBC interface. If you are using one of these tools, you do not need to construct SQL statements to create tables, assign permissions, and so on.
This chapter describes the SQL statements for defining database objects. You can use these statements directly if you are building your database from an interactive SQL tool, such as dbisql. Even if you are using an application design tool, you may want to use SQL statements to add features to the database if they are not supported by the design tool.
For more advanced use, database design tools such as Sybase PowerDesigner provide a more thorough and reliable approach to developing well-designed databases.
