AUTOMATED CLIENT/SERVER DEVELOPMENT TOOL USING DRAG-AND-DROP METAPHOR

摘要

A tool for the development of multiple-table database applications (115) for client/server environments automates both capture of system requirements and code production. A client portion of a multiple-table, client/server database application (115) for processing requests against a server database (100), is developed by first storing in a repository (110) a description of the server database (100) describing database entities. Representations of the database entities are displayed, and an application drawing window (120) is provided. The user drags and drops within the application drawing window (120) one of said representations that represents a particular database entity. The tool then creates within repository (110) an entry for the particular database entity.