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Edit DDL Templates
The DDL Template Editor provides the ability to change the templates that the system uses while generating DDL from a data model. It applies the facilities of the Common Code Editor, including Intelli-sense for the various macros. For more information on Intelli-sense and the Common Code Editor, see the Editing Source Code topic.
Access Package | Database Engineering | Edit DDL Templates
Select and Edit Templates
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Language |
Click on the drop-down arrow and select the database type (Database Management System). |
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New Database |
Click on this button to create a new set of templates for a non-standard DBMS. The 'Input' dialog displays, on which you type the name of the new DBMS for which you are creating templates. This updates the 'Language' field. |
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Template |
Displays the contents of the selected template, and provides the editor for modifying these contents. |
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Templates |
Lists the base DDL templates, Click on a template name to display and edit the template contents; the name of the selected template is highlighted. The 'Modified' field indicates whether you have modified the default template originally supplied with the system. |
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Stereotype Overrides |
Lists any stereotyped templates that exist for the currently-selected base template. The 'Modified' field indicates whether you have modified a default stereotyped template. |
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Add New Custom Template |
Click on this button to display the 'Create New Custom Template' dialog, on which you select the template type from a drop-down list, and type in a name for the template. The template type becomes a prefix for the name; for example: Namespace_MyDDLTemplate |
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Add New Stereotyped Override |
Select a base template and click on this button to display the 'New Template Override' dialog for adding a stereotyped template for the selected template. From the drop-down lists, select the Class and/or Feature stereotype for which to apply the override template. |
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Get Default Template |
Click on this button to refresh the editor display with the default version of the selected template. (This does not delete the changed version of the template.) |
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Save |
Click on this button to overwrite the selected template with the updated contents of the Template panel. |
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Delete |
If you have overridden the selected template, click on this button to delete the overridden template and replace it with the corresponding default DDL template. |
Notes
- User-modified and user-defined DDL Templates can be imported and exported as Reference Data (see the Sharing Reference Data topic)
- Any user-defined templates for a database type are listed in the 'Export Reference Data' dialog in the 'Code, DDL, Transformation & CSV Templates' table, identified by the DBMS name with the suffix _DDL_Template - if no user-defined templates exist for a DBMS, there is no entry for the DBMS in the dialog
- You must also define any appropriate data types for the DBMS and, if exporting the templates as Reference Data, you must export the 'Model Data Types - Code and DDL' table as well
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